The American History Podcast, episode 14, Colonial Wars.

Welcome to the American History podcast.

Hosted by Sean Worswick.

Okay, so welcome back to the show.

Now, today we continue our series of bonus episodes for those of you at the $5 a month level and above, detailing the history of colonial America.

Now, as always, I appreciate your support. I know there's a ton of podcasts out there, and you've

got a choice when it comes to which shows you'll listen to and support. So thank you for

listening to and supporting the show, and thank you for putting up with the last few months or so.

Today, we are going to delve into the wars of the 18th century as a way of setting us up for the part that you've all been waiting for, and that's the war for independence.

Now with that being said, let's get into this.

First, we need to go backwards and talk about France and the New World, as they're going to have a major role to play.

Now, as you know, the French were heavily involved in Canada and the Mississippi River Valley.

Now, unlike the Spanish and the Portuguese, the French came late.

And the reason the French were late to the game was at least partially due to religious conflict there

between the Catholics and the Huguenots in the 17th century.

Now this is the time of the Thirty Years' War, and if you're interested in that,

then let me just say I'll not be doing episodes on it at all, as Zach Twomley does an amazing job with it,

so go check out his show when diplomacy fails. But anyways, the Edict of Nance of 1598 granted limited toleration to French Protestants,

which for a time meant the fighting over religion came to an end,

and France began looking at expanding its influence in the Atlantic Ocean Basin.

Now, as the 17th century went on, France became a superpower in Europe. Replacing Spain as

it, Spain, went and declined following the 30-year's war. Now, even if the French were late to the

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