I want to use gmail calendar as a default instead of iCal when I create new appointments

So, I love the fact that my macbook calendar also shows my gmail calendar items.  But I like many of the features that gmail offers over ical.  I setup my iphone so that new calendar entries that I create a defaulted as gmail instead of ical.  But I can't seem to find out how to do this on my macbook.
I went into the settings (calendar, mail) - tried to disable the icloud calendar, but it tells me that if I do this all my ical events will be deleted.  I don't want to go back and fix each and every prior entry before doing this.
Any suggestions on how I can best accomplish this? 
Even if you feel I'm best not using gmail over iCal, let me know that too.  I'm new to macs - having been a PC developer for over 20 years.
Help?
Thanks!!

I might not have made sense trying to ask this question. 
Here's an example:  When I create a calendar event on my mac - I can choose, via an event dropdown item, which calendar to apply the event.  By default, its set to the iCloud calendar.  I am now finding myself clicking this listbox and changing it to my gmail calendar for every appt I create.  I was hoping there would be a way for me to have this default to my gmail calendar instead of the icloud.
Does that make better sense??
Thx

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