urges colonies to make joint treaties with Indians, 134
her naval strength, 139
her military strength, 139
her leadership weakness, 139
her bad faith toward France, 139-143 and n.
her policy of attack, 140
sends Braddock and troops to Virginia, 140
attacks French troop ships, 142-143
declares war on France (1756), 250
makes treaty with Frederic the Great, 250
loses Minorca, 380
William Pitt takes power, 380-381
her gloomy prospects in 1757, 383
Clive's victory in India, 383
fresh power under Pitt, 384-387
her joy at the fall of Louisbourg, 403
her celebrations on Quebec's surrender, 565
regains Minorca, 618
English colonies in the mid-1700's, 41-47
confined to Atlantic coast, 38
their population, 38
political differences, 41, 43-46
racial strains, 41, 44-45
Puritanism in New England, 42
religious differences, 42, 44
slavery in, 44, 236
jealousy between, 47
Esteve, Montcalm's secretary, 255, 257
Europe in the mid 1700's, 31-38, 379-380, 619
the Seven Years War, 25-26
the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 31, 38, 102
France, 31-36
Germany, 36
Prussia, 36
Russia, 36
Austria, 37
the treaty of Utrecht, 75, 102
political aspects, 250-252
the Peace of Paris, 620-623
Eyre, Captain, 219
winters at Fort William Henry, 305-307
repulses French attack, 311-313
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Ferdinand Prince of Brunswick, English commander, 384
his successes in Europe and Africa, 384-385
Ferdinand VI of Spain, death of, 612
Fitch, at Ticonderoga, 417
Five Nations (_See_ Iroquois)
Folsom, Captain at Fort Lyman, 221
Forbes, John, brigadier in charge of Fort Duquesne expedition, 385
his slow advance, 438-441 445
his character, 439-440
refuses Washington's advice, 441
his opinion of provincials, 441
his illness, 442-443, 455-456, 458
his ignorance of French strength, 444-445
builds Fort Bedford, 445
arranges Indian convention, 446-450
his peace overtures accepted, 451
occupies Fort Duquesne, 458
his death, 459
Forbes, Eli, 600-601
Foxcroft, Thomas, 600
France, in the mid 1700's, 31-36
her power, 31-32
signs of decay, 31, 34-35
Louis XV and Mme.
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