The American Revolution: The French And Indian War

The American Revolution was the product caused by many events, the first being the French and Indian War. The French and Indian war got its start in the year 1754 with land disputed in the Ohio River Valley and Middle America. The French and Indian war is a global conflict known all over the world as The Seven Years War. “1740’s British dispute boundaries in Ohio Valley. Virginia lays claim To land in Present day western Pa. (Ohio Company) French respond by building forts to secure what they believe is theirs and to establish a
Western border,” (The Seven Years’ War-1754-1763 (French and Indian War) 4). The two main powers: England and France, had many allies like Prussia, Hanover and the Iroquois Confederacy on the side of Britain and then Austria and many other Indian tribes on the side of the French, (“Seven Year’s War”). “During the land disputed the Royal Governor of Virginia dispatched a messenger to warn the French of their trespasses on Virginia land,” (Cohen 135). Washington, after warning the French and gathering information on the location, returns to Virginia. The French built Fort Duquesne to protect their claims. Washington is sent out again with a force to remove …show more content…
The French and Indian War is the reason why The United States exists today. Without the immense spending that England used to defeat the French there would be no overwhelming war debt. After the huge war debt was counted out and charged to the British the Colonists, English subjects were taxed to make up for debt with the explanation is that the War saved their homes. The only problem with taxing the American colonists was the lack of representation in the English government and parliament. With the absence of representation the colonists, who self-governed, felt betrayed that all of their rights were stripped away. After being free too self-govern for 150 years there would undoubtedly be