The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. (1)
British soldiers fought against French soldiers and Native Americans. Native Americans joined in the battle against the British because they were afraid the British would take over their land.
The English sent General Braddock with a larger force than Washington had to attack Duquesne. The English army marched in their columns towards Duquesne in the typical European manner. In long rows of men, three abreast, they marched down the road to battle. They didn't see the Canadians and Indians hiding in the surrounding woods until it was too late. For the French side it was as good as target practice. For the English it was a massacre. Each time the English soldiers tried to break ranks and join in the same brand of warfare that the French side was using, the English officers beat their men back into their columns. THIS is how battles were fought, the feeling was. (Surprisingly, the English, and later the United States armies …show more content…
Also, the British debt grew in an attempt to finance an ever-expanding war. It caused resentment towards American colonists grew in Parliament among those who saw Americans as unwilling to financially support a war on their behalf. The American colonists unified for the first time against a common enemy. Colonial militias saw themselves as volunteers or a "people's army" in contrast to the authoritarian and coercive British army. Also, France's influence in development of North American dwindled mightily.
British soldiers fought against French soldiers and Native Americans. Native Americans joined in the battle against the British because they were afraid the British would take over their land.
The English sent General Braddock with a larger force than Washington had to attack Duquesne. The English army marched in their columns towards Duquesne in the typical European manner. In long rows of men, three abreast, they marched down the road to battle. They didn't see the Canadians and Indians hiding in the surrounding woods until it was too late. For the French side it was as good as target practice. For the English it was a massacre. Each time the English soldiers tried to break ranks and join in the same brand of warfare that the French side was using, the English officers beat their men back into their columns. THIS is how battles were fought, the feeling was. (Surprisingly, the English, and later the United States armies …show more content…
Also, the British debt grew in an attempt to finance an ever-expanding war. It caused resentment towards American colonists grew in Parliament among those who saw Americans as unwilling to financially support a war on their behalf. The American colonists unified for the first time against a common enemy. Colonial militias saw themselves as volunteers or a "people's army" in contrast to the authoritarian and coercive British army. Also, France's influence in development of North American dwindled mightily.