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What were the 3 major countries fighting for control of the New World?

Spain , France and England. The Spanish colonised the whole of South and Central America, northwards to Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizone , and Califormia. With one exception the Portugese colonised Brazil, South American Spanish is the current language throught this region. France colonised North America, along the Mississippi/Missouri river Basin and into the Great Lakes, and Down the St. Lawrence River. This is evidenced by such place names as , New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Cheyenne(spelling), Boise, Chicago, Illinois, Montreal, and Quebec. In Quebic provine of Canada French is still the official language. England colonised the Hudson's Bay region of Canda, New England and the Atlantic seaboard of the USA. It is evidenced by such place names, as Bostonm New Hampshire, Baltimore(Irish), New Jersey, Virginia (after Queen Elizabeth (I) , the Virgin Queen), Carolinas, after Queen Consort Caroline.


What led to Britain's rise to global prominence in the mid 1700?

1. England's/Britain's rise had begun especially under Elizabeth I. Like most global powers of the time, Britain was on the Atlantic seaboard, which was an immense geographical advantage. (Compare with Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands). 2. Following the dismissal of the dynastically minded, pro-French, absolutist, Catholic (or crypto-Catholic) monarchs Charles I and II and James II, the Anglo-British people and their own aristocracy wielded 'national' political power and became increasingly prosperous. There was a newly found confidence and a sense of purpose. 3. Other key factors included the growing inability of France to handle its domestic affairs competently (from the 1740s onwards) - and the decline of Spain, too. 4. Especially in 1750s and the Seven Years' War (1756-63) Britain, under the de facto leadership of its first consciously 'imperialist' leader, Pitt the Elder, pursued a vigorous policy of overseas expansion, especially in North America and India ...


Name given to the area of French control in the New World?

From the first explorer, Jaques Cartier, to explore the St Lauwence in 1534 to the Defeat and secession of France after the 7 years war in 1763; (This war effectively ended militarily in North America in 1759 after the British victory at the Battle of the Fields of Abraham.) The land surrounding the St Laurence seaway and north and west of the 13 English colonies on the eastern seaboard was known by the French empire as New France, and colloquially it was known as as Quebec and Kanata.


Why is Australia different from other countries?

Australia is the only country that takes up an entire continent.Australia is therefore the only non-island country that shares no land borders with any other countries.The wildlife is unique in that it comprises a large number of marsupial species.Most of the land is flat except for the eastern seaboard, where the Great Dividing Range separates coast from the inland.Australia is similar to other countries in that it was originally inhabited by native peoples, but it is different in that it was later colonised by convicts and officers.


When did Australia become one country?

No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Lieutenant James COOK took possession of just the eastern seaboard in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901.