CONTENT STATEMENT
- Competition for control of territory and resources in North America led to conflicts among colonizing powers.
CONTENT ELABORATION
Rivalries spurred the powerful European countries to make land claims and to exploit the resources of the Western Hemisphere.
European powers competed with each other to control settlement and colonization of North America. One consequence was a series of wars involving colonial powers, colonists and American Indians culminating with the French and Indian War.
EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING
Explain how competition for control of territory and resources in North America led to conflicts among European colonizing powers.