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Around the same time, the Spanish gained the Louisiana territory through a treaty with the French.  The French forts remained in the territory, running along the Mississippi as far north as Michigan.  Later, in 1800, Spain sold this land back to France, which then sold it to America a few years later.
 
Around the same time, the Spanish gained the Louisiana territory through a treaty with the French.  The French forts remained in the territory, running along the Mississippi as far north as Michigan.  Later, in 1800, Spain sold this land back to France, which then sold it to America a few years later.
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In America, the end of the French and Indian Wars left British with a great deal of territory west of the Appalachians, but the Indians did not give up their land easily.  From 1763 to 1766, The Ottawa Indians destroyed every British post west of Niagara.
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In America, the end of the French and Indian Wars left British with a great deal of territory west of the Appalachians, but the Indians did not give up their land easily.  In 1763, Native Americans, led by the Ottawa chieftain Pontiac destroyed every British post west of the Appalachians with the exceptions of Niagara, Pitt, and Detroit.
    
== King George III, and Debts ==
 
== King George III, and Debts ==
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