Documenting United States History

TopIC I | Strengthening Empire 67

ApplyINg Ap® historical Thinking Skills

Review Historical Causation

The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries represented a time of confrontation

between the French, the English, and their Native American allies in North America. Choose

two long-term and two proximate causes for these conflicts (use your textbook or class notes

as necessary). How did all of these short- and long-term causes play a role in the creation of

at least four of the documents above? Copy the chart below into your notebook to help you

organize your thoughts:

Confrontation between the French, the English, and their native allies

(seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries)

Proximate causes Long-term causes

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