Jake Nelson AP US History Essay #4 The French and Indian War‚ a colonial manifestation of the same forces and tensions that erupted in the European Seven Years’ War‚ was‚ quite simply‚ a war about expansionism. The French and the English were competing for land and trading privileges in North America; which lead to land dispute‚ particularly the Ohio Valley. Each nation saw this territory necessary to seize to increase its own power and wealth while limiting the strength of its rival. Although
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Richard Adames The French and Indian war was a war that embarrassed the French‚ nearly bankrupted the British‚ screwed the Native American‚ and paved way to the American Revolution. The French and Indian war was named after the British opponents‚ the French and Indian even though Native Americans fought on both sides. Other names used for the war include The Seven Year war‚ the Fourth Intercolonial war‚ and the Great War for the Empire. The seven year war was a power struggle between Great Britain
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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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Causes: The Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in the colonies) lasted from 1756 to 1763‚ forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War. In the early 1750s‚ France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought it into conflict with the claims of the British colonies‚ especially Virginia. Groups involved: France ‚ New France‚Wabanaki Confederacy‚ Abenak ‚iMi’kmaq ‚AlgonquinCaughnawaga Mohawk‚ Lenape ‚Ojibwa
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The French and Indian war ravaged Europe from 1756 to 1763 creating a big impact to the British community. The French and the British battled over territory and wealth and after seven long years of fighting the British surrendered and the French were declared victorious. After the French won their new rules affected both North America and Britain unfolding more conflicts between the nations. These communities were modified economically‚ religiously‚ and socially making them very similar
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The French & Indian War‚ 1754-1763‚ changed the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relationship between Great Britain and the American Colonies permanently. The war resulted in three major changes‚ the Colonists beginning to reject British rule‚ refusing to pay taxes‚ and the loyalties toward the mother country beginning to break. These changes in the relationship of the Colonies and Britain were such a huge deal that‚ when combined‚ they led up to the American Revolution. The Colonists rejected
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The French and Indian War Zina Kelati U.S History Mr. Merral 5 November 2012 The French and Indian war affected the relationship of the British and the American colonies in almost every way; politically and economically. The British attempted to direct the colonist by putting power into the colonies and forcing 10‚000 British soldiers into American colonies. How did the French and Indian war change the relationship between Britain and its colonies in America? The French were the
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Following the French and Indian war of 1754-1763‚ the French withdrew from the North American continent‚ leaving large amounts of the land to both Great Britain and Spain. Up until the late 1760’s‚ the British and the colonists held a strong relationship‚ as well as being united against the threat of the French and their Indian allies. During this time‚ the British had a very calm and safe ruling approach in the colonies‚ contrasting from their ruling approach years after. As the French no longer were
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The French and Indian War had a negative effect on the relationship between Britain and its American colonies. The French and Indian War was known as the Seven Years War in America. The colonists were having conflicts with the Native Americans on the issue of territory. The French had a fur trade system with the Native Americans‚ and both the French and Native Americans had conflict with Britain. Colonists were thankful to have redcoats in the colonies during the French and Indian War‚ however‚ when
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Monumental to the founding of the United States and land-altering to many other countries‚ The French and Indian War impacted the North American colonies politically‚ economically‚ and ideologically. This war had much to do with the shaping of the United States by the territory gained and lost by claiming countries of France‚ Britain‚ and Spain. Lasting from 1689-1763‚ The Seven Year’s War‚ as it was called in Europe‚ “was fought not only in America but in Europe‚ in the West Indies‚ in the Philippians
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