<P> For some of the Indian tribes, the elimination of French power in North America meant the disappearance of a strong ally, although other tribes were not so affected . The Ohio Country was now more available to colonial settlement, due to the construction of military roads by Braddock and Forbes . The Spanish takeover of the Louisiana territory was not completed until 1769, and it had modest repercussions . The British takeover of Spanish Florida resulted in the westward migration of Indian tribes who did not want to do business with them . This migration also caused a rise in tensions between the Choctaw and the Creek, historic enemies who were now competing for land . The change of control in Florida also prompted most of its Spanish Catholic population to leave . Most went to Cuba, including the entire governmental records from St. Augustine, although some Christianized Yamasee were resettled to the coast of Mexico . </P> <P> France returned to North America in 1778 with the establishment of a Franco - American alliance against Great Britain in the American War of Independence . This time, France succeeded in prevailing over Great Britain in what historian Alfred A. Cave describes as "French...revenge for Montcalm's death". </P>

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