The French and Indian war lasted from 1756 until 1763 (actually events leading to the war started in 1754). This war was also known as the Seven Years’ War because‚ well it lasted seven years (nine to be exact but seven years’ war has a better ring to it). The competing claims over ancestral Indian land covering the Ohio River valley‚ known as the “most fertile country of America” was the major cause of this war. The French built forts in parts of Western Pennsylvania to protect their interest
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The French and Indian war as well as its post-war period between 1750 and 1776 affected negatively the relationship between American colonies and her parent country’s relationship. This war increased the desire of American loyalties to be interested in shipping trade that existed between New England and French in the West Indies during the period of conflicts (Steegmann et al 415). This interest from the American loyalties showed how they had greater loyalty to profit from the trade rather than the
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The French and Indian War was inevitable. England and France both came to the New World with a very high desire to expand on their empires. England was mostly around the coast‚ while France settled near the mouth of the Mississippi River. They saw value in the New World. They sent troops across the Atlantic ocean. In addition‚ most of the Indians helped France. The Iroquois were the ones that fought with England. Because the English were fighting the French and the Indians‚ they called it The French
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The French colonies were situated in Canada and their trade and influence reached as far as the Mississippi River. The English colonies were located on the east coast of the Americas. The Appalachian Mountains separated both types of European colonies so there was elbow room for both. Flames began to ignite when war between the mother countries of England and France broke out. Tensions increased when trading and rivalry between two colonies increased. Soon war broke out and it became known
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Nationalism is divine loyalty and devotion to the interests and cultures of one nation. The French and Indian War was a colonial extension of The Seven Years War and was fought between the British and the French‚ to whom‚ however‚ had an advantage due to the fact that the American Indians were allied with them. The two countries fought for control of the Ohio Valley and Canada. The French and Indian War was a nationalizing experience for colonial Americans due to the fact that they all supported
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The French and Indian War (1754-1763)‚ or the Seven Years’ War‚ was fought between the French and the British over power of land. There was a time where the French and English coexisted in North America until issues (such as tensions rising between different religions) between both sides were present. The French also had a lot of territory and ties with the Native Americans‚ but all this dissipated when the British won the French and Indian war. The colonists faced most of the consequences‚ and
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The French and Indian war was the event that provoked the American Revolution. The French and Indian war or Seven years war‚ lead to certain events that caused Americans to realize that their English liberties were being denied. The French and Indian war caused debts among the British. The British realized that during the war the income from the colonies was insufficient (document F). After the war‚ the British needed certain ways in which to gain revenue. They imposed taxes on the
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The French and Indian War‚ also known as the Seven Years War in Europe‚ played a large role in the Ideological‚ Political and Economical changes made between the British and the American Colonists. The defeat of the French in the war gave the British a bittersweet upper hand in the massive economic factors and it also gave the British a gigantic stretch of political control of the American Colonists. On top of the political and economic advances the British won‚ the war also changed the ideological
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2011 U.S. History 121 The Impact of the French and Indian War on Colonial America The French and Indian war was fought between Great Britain and France from 1754 to 1763. Also known as the Seven Year’s War‚ this confrontation eventually erupted into an all out worldwide conflict. Its effects were not only immediate but long term. Although the colonies were not directly tied to the war‚ it greatly impacted them as well as modern America. The war was primarily fought along the colonies separating
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American Revolution: The Result of the French and Indian War During the early months of 1763‚ the Treaty of Paris had been signed and the French and Indian War came to a close in colonial America‚ temporarily ending foreign conflicts within North America‚ although peace between the European powers of Great Britain and France had been established‚ this war evoked tension between England and its American colonies. The French and Indian War caused the American Revolution because its outcomes such
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