This week in our series we tell about the conflicts among the nations in Europe during the eighteenth century and how they affected North America.During the eighteenth century, Spain, France and Britain controlled land in North America. Spain controlled Florida.France was powerful in the northern and central areas. Britain controlled the east.All three nations knew they could not exist together peacefully in North America. The situation could only be settled by war.The powerful European nations already were fighting each other for control of territory and riches all over the world.These small wars continued for more than one hundred years.
