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    French And Indian War Dbq

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    Between 1754-1763 the French and Indian War caused conflict between Britain and America in many areas like in politics, economics, and ideology. Land in North America occupied by different countries(Doc A). Countries like Britain, France, Spain, and Russia all occupied territory in North America in 1754. This changed over the course of the French and Indian War. By 1763, all of the French land was taken by the Spanish and English. Native American could not get the amount of food and supplies…

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    capture Canada during the war, on the other hand the British army got stopped when they attempted to capture Baltimore and New Orleans. There were a number of American victories which American vessels proved themselves to the British. In the year of 1800 President Adams agreed to the convention of 1800, the convention ended the alliance that America and France had formed during the American Revolution. The end of the alliance was threatening to put America into war with Europe. After Adams,…

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    named victorious. Britain and France started in war because of France’s expansion to the ohio river and the conflicts it brought to British colonies in North America. Before the war and after the war many things were inflicted, influenced and changed. Although loyalists in North American colonies remained “loyal to the crown”, and North America remained dependant on British rule before and after the seven years war, more change took place. Salutary neglect and minimal control is how Britain…

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    sufficiently financially without raising taxes of their citizens to the point of starvation. After 8 years of war, Britain had to give up on their American colonies because they overtaxed their citizens. As the disparity between the Colonists and the British grew war went from a far-out concept to a likely outcome that would fix the colonies. Some of the major events leading up to the revolution were, the French and Indian War, the Sugar Act, Patrick Henry’s “if this be treason speech”, the…

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    The declaration of independence is a document that was Americas ticket to freedom. It stated reasons why America was breaking off from Britain’s control. The Declaration of Independence did have benefits, but also shared conflicts. The reason why conflicts were created was because of the multiple interpretations such as earning French support, attempting to swing uncommitted Americans to the revolutionary cause, a statement of universal principles, and an affirmation of the traditional rights as…

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    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…

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    state it brought into being” One of few reasons British colonies in America revolted against British rule is due to the fact that people who in fact were not living on their property were being taxed. The Revolution was the initial modern revolution. It was one of the first times in history that people fought for their independence to have constitutional rights. At the start of it all in1775 when the American Revolution began, Colonist from America fighting for independence from Britain did not…

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    So in 1807, the British made it to be were neutral countries had to get a license from the leaders of the Orders of Council before they could trade with France or any French colonies. Also, the British Royal Navy had also been capturing American merchant ships and forcing the seamen to work as part of the Royal Navy, which really aggravated Americans.…

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    These arguments disclose that America had flourished under British ruling and that they provided the colonies with much needed protection. Thomas Paine, in response to the former argument mocks it by saying, ‘’We may as well assert that because a baby has thrived upon milk that it is never to have meat.” This quote serves to divulge the fallacies behind the argument. His belief was that America would have evolved and become better off without European ruling.…

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    social relations between British, France and the American Indians. Before the war began, the biggest problem they had was the division of the continent. The English were located along the east coast, in Georgia, the Carolinas and the northeastern United States. The French controlled Louisiana in the south and far north, Acadia and northeastern Canada. The French wanted to form a settlement along the Mississippi to enclose the British along the coast. On the contrary, the British wanted to…

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