1696-97: Europeanfur market collapses as fashion temporarily changes, leading to an increase in colonist settlers wanting permanent land to clear and farm.[6][7]
1697: After almost a decade ofguerrilla warfare, thePeace of Ryswick merely confirms the status quo, even returningAcadia, captured by the English, to the French.England andFrance make temporary peace in 1697 (Treaty of Ryswick). French continue to pressure Iroquois, who eventually agree to (but don't hold) neutrality in the English-French conflicts. The 1693 group of Maritimes Tribal treaties mentioned above comes from this war.[8][9]
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