Unit 3 Lesson 5: The British in Michigan

• Competition for the fur trade led to a war between France and Britain.

• France lost the war. As a result Britain took control of the Great Lakes region including Michigan.

• American Indians found it was much harder to deal with the British than the French.

• Serious conflicts began between the British and the American Indians.

• British colonies along the Atlantic Ocean fought and won a war for Independence. 

• After that war, Michigan became part of the new country called the United States of America.