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 the strain
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The French and Indian War Like the Great Awakening‚ the struggle between England and France for New World empires also helped prepare the colonists for independence. While the English esablished colonies on the Atlantic seaboard‚ the French built a profitable fur trade with the Indians farther inland. As French colonists moving south from Canada met English colonists moving west of the Appalachians‚ the two groups lashed in the Ohio Valley. The conflict stemmed from rivalry over territory‚ fur
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The French and Indian War was fought in the Americas. The end of the French and Indian War was twelve years before the Revolutionary War was started. The French and Indian War in many ways had lead to the revolution of the American colonies. The reasons behind the Revolutionary War this was the money‚ the land‚ and the people involved. One of the main reasons for the revolution was money. Britain was involved heavily in the French and Indian War‚ on the Native American side. When the Native Americans
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The French and Indian War(1754-63) altered the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relationship between Britain and its American colonies in many ways. The relationship was altered politically due to Britains control of the entire eastern coastline‚ economically on how British policies after 1763 were designed to raise revenue to pay for the cost of the empire‚ and ideologically because American colonists beliefs on the relationship between Britain and the colonies. The British completely eliminated
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The French and Indian War Impact on the American Revolution As Europeans settled the New World‚ they encountered difficulties that they had not perceived before. The first of which was the Native Americans who were not thrilled on the idea of giving up their ancestral land for European settlement. So‚ it was not a surprise when conflict arise between the Natives and the Europeans. Because the Europeans brought over diseases that were fatal to the Natives and had more developed weaponry‚ they were
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Americas‚ the struggle for land ownership between European countries seemed everlasting. One feud between Great Britain and France led to the French and Indian War during the mid 18th century. After the war was over in 1763‚ the political‚ economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies were altered. Although altered‚ not all would agree that they were altered for the worse. Soldiers on Britain’s side during the French and Indian War were mostly colonists from England who
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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 (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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The French and Indian war has altered the relationship between Britain and its American colonies in many ways. The three main ways their relationship had been altered were politically‚ ideologically and economically. After the French and Indian War the British passed a series of laws and taxes that the colonist didn’t agree with. As a result of these laws and taxes being passed the colonist began to rebel against British rule. This rebellion would eventually lead to the Revolutionary War which would
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to 1754 French & Indian War‚ the 13 North American colonies that would eventually become the United States of America were at a rate of rapid increase. Colonial trade with England has increased by over 360%‚ all colonies were reproducing successfully‚ with a rate of natural increase of 3%‚ and the population doubling every 25 years‚ and on top of that‚ colonial power increased with the idea of Salutary Neglect‚ and colonial assemblies. The French & Indian War had cause a multitude of changes and shifts
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