The Seven Years War: The French And Indian War

The Seven Years War, was one of the last of the biggest global conflicts of its time. In the American colonies it was known as the French and Indian War. Tensions between Britain and France were rising due to differing land claim disputes. In the mid 1700s, as the French expanded deeper into the Americas, France had prompted armed assaults with the British colonies. Although fighting and armed conflicts between England and France had been going on for years, the prior three wars of colonial land possession between the French and the British, had begun in the Americas and spread as to far as Europe.
The war was the byproduct regarding two of Europe's biggest monarchs over colonial land and trade. Colonial rivalry between the British and French colonists also added fuel to this already engulfing flame. After a number of years passed of undeclared war, England opened up the ever expanding …show more content…
During the war the British accumulated a massive debt which many politicians viewed as a direct result of defending the American colonies. With this in mind the British decided to establish a heavy tax on all goods in the colonies. The sudden manifestation of these new tax laws angered the colonists, this resulted in secret meetings in which groups of men in the community would discuss the problem of British rule.
The “Seven Years War” resulted in the direct outcome of the Revolutionary War. After the War many American no longer felt the need for the presence of British soldiers in their towns. The War helped train many American soldiers for battle which fueled the idea of kicking out the English like they had done to the French. A new separate American identity was beginning to form and an increasing amount of colonists no longer saw themselves as British. They did not want to be the “subjects” of the massive monarchy of Great