DBQ Before 1754‚ both the French and British had huge masses of land in America. Also sharing the land‚ was the natives‚ who were exceedingly nervous about the Englishmen taking away their land. This conflict eventually led to the French and Indian war‚ also known as the Seven Years war (1754-1763). The French and Indian war altered the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations Britain and it’s American colonies in many ways where it ultimately led to the American Revolution because of
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How accurate is it to describe relations between the Mother Country and the American Colonies as peaceful and harmonious in the years 1740-63? During the years of 1740-63 the relations between Britain and the American colonies was to some extent mainly peaceful and harmonious. The economic growth gained by Britain as a result of trading and becoming a supplier changed the way the colonists perceived the British as now they were actually helping them. Even though the British never planned to treat
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The French and Indian War had an almost innumerable number of effects on the political‚ economic and ideological relations between Britain and the American colonies. The war touched the entirety of America’s diverse population; from the Native Americans to the soldiers. Some were gladdened by the invigorated ties to England while others were enraged by the economic situation. There is no doubt that the war truly altered and revolutionized the American colonies. As a rule‚ the Native Americans
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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 started from when French and British imperial and colonists wanted to make there country bigger. British‚ the French‚ and many American Indian nations engaged in a war that changed the course of history. It was started because it was a disagreement over who would end up controlling the Ohio River Valley. In the middle of the 18th century‚ France and England had competing claims for parts of Europe and North America. The French held trapping and trade routes in the Ohio Valley
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The French and Indian War (1754 – 1763) gradually worsened the political‚ economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies even though Britain and the American colonies gained land from the French (Document A). An example of this would be in order to keep peace with the Indians‚ the British government prohibited American colonists from expanding westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Also‚ when Britain was in debt from the French and Indian War‚ they imposed more taxes
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1754‚ a war between Britain and France with their Indian allies broke out in North America that came to be known as The French and Indian War. The war ended in 1763 with the Treaty with Paris where Britain acquired Spanish Florida and all remaining French North American land (Document A). Throughout the war and for some time after‚ the actions of the American Colonies’ Mother Country caused many colonists to feel some resentment towards them. The French and Indian War created tension between Great
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French and Indian War DBQ Revise. In the course of years through 1754-1763 the British were engaged in a war with their rival French. The conflict was known as the French and Indian War. It started when the colonies could not shift west‚ and the British trying to settle in the Ohio Valley and the French did not want them to expand. It was played entirely in North America with the colonials on the British side. The conflicts between French and the British would cause a drastic change in the colonial-British
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& Battles‚ French & Indian War http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/fandiwar.html Key Events & Battles‚ French & Indian War The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West‚1770 (National Gallery of Canada at Ottawa) Location Notes/Significance Western Pennsylvania Gen. Braddock’s force of 1450 men British defeated at Ft. 1755 (present-day surrounded and defeated by Indian Duquesne Pittsburgh) and French-Canadian forces New British commander (Lord Loudoun) closely managed the war American colonists
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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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