Post #1: Finally Peace

February 10, 1763.

Dear Journal,

Finally, those French people signed the Treaty of Paris to end the war.  The war was seven years long - can you believe it?  We devoted so much time and effort to the war that now we really need some time and peace to rest and recover.  But, we still have problems with the Thirteen Colonies and Québec.   

While I was in Quebec, we had to decide how to rule those French Catholics.  They obviously are not going to welcome us onto their land.  How could us few administrators take charge of the thousands of Canadiens?

About those Thirteen Colonies that I was talking about before, some of the settlers are anxious to move to the Ohio Valley.  I don’t understand why they want to move now that France has been defeated.

The First Nations are a little upset about the whole thing too because they had to give up their land in the Ohio Valley – but who cares anyway.

April 21, 1763

Dear Journal,

Here is a quick note to catch up on what has been happening lately.  The First Nations are very upset with us because they think we are treating them disrespectfully and apparently this is the straw that broke the camel’s back. 

The leader of the Odawa First Nations , Pontiac, formed an alliance with the other First Nations and they took over several of our forts close to the Ohio Frontier.  Hopefully when winter comes they will leave to go to their winter hunting grounds and with any luck we can make peace.