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 the war itself occurred from
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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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Prior 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
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1754 to 1763‚ the French and Indian War took place. This war altered the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. It was the last of four North American wars waged from 1689 to 1763 between the British and the French. In these struggles‚ each country fought for control of the continent with the assistance of Native American and colonial allies. The French and Indian War occurred to end the land dispute between the British and French. Whoever won‚ in
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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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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(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 way back to the French and Indian War‚ the American colonists were getting fed up with the British. Britain was trying to thrive through America and the colonists were not having it. Heavy taxation‚ restriction on civil liberties‚ British military measures‚ and the legacy of colonial religious and political ideas were major factors of the rebellion in 1776. The Americans were tired of being under British control and wanted their own rights‚ rules‚ and liberties. So the American Revolution began
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The French and Indian War‚ also known as the Seven Years’ War‚ was the New World conflict that marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies‚ a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756. Not only were there tremendous effects on the French‚ but also the French and Indian War had an almost innumerable number of effects
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The French and Indian War (1754-1763) took place in a very daunting period of American history‚ when there was a lot of tension between the colonists and the British who lived in England. This eventually led to the American Revolution. At the time‚ the English‚ the French‚ and the Spanish all had control over some parts of North America. The war was mainly a struggle over which nation‚ France or Britain‚ would have control of the Ohio River Valley‚ although there were native groups that allied themselves
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