French and Indian War

themselves as Englishmen and women, as much as they did before, and England certainly wasn’t treating them that way either. Political rights were being stripped, unfair taxation, and loss of identity, is what transpired during and after the French-Indian War (1754-63) and it would completely tarnish and distant the two from each other.…

Beginning in the 1740s, the British-French rivalry was a big problem for colonial America. The rivalry was based around both forces need to be the most powerful in America, as they were in Europe. There were many events leading to the French and Indian war however, some bigger, and more important than others. Both countries were equally as responsible for the clash, as both had an effect by taking direct approach, or an indirect one. Leading up to the French and Indian war were many events and…

Final Project: What if the French won the French and Indian War? In 1754, War broke out between the French, who were allied with numerous Native American Tribes, and Great Britain. This war resulted in a British victory with the French ceding all of their Canadian territories as well as their Louisiana Territory east of the Mississippi River. In the upcoming decades, the 13 Colonies would secede from Great Britain due to strong hostilities over taxes, improper representation, and numerous…

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…

French and Indian War A war between the French and Indians v. the British and Indians. The beginning of The French and Indian War started when the British began moving into the Ohio River valley for beaver fur in 1750. The French and Indian war began the French attacked Fort Necessity and George Washington surrendered. By 1759, British had a hold over 9 French forts. The turning point of the war was the battle of Quebec. The war ended in 1763, Britain had won. Proclamation of 1763…

French and Indian wars were four wars fought one after another in North America between 1689 and 1763. The wars were fought between France and England, which became part of Britain during the second war. Spain, at times, sided with the French. All fought with the support of Indian allies. In the end, France lost nearly all its land in North America. Britain gained most of the French territory, and Spain acquired the rest. Battle of Monongahela Location of Acadia Causes of the French and…

The Seven Years’ War, also known as the French and Indian War, was a battle between the French and the British over a land dispute. Both colonies were rising in power, and conquerable land was becoming scarce, so they fought each other for more land. The war began in 1754 and ended in 1763 due to the Treaty of Paris, which forced the French to give England their rightful land. However, even though the war was over, the effects still lingered. After the French and Indian War, Britain and American…

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’…

The French and Indian War (1754-63) altered the political, economic, and ideological relations between England and the American Colonies. Due to the French and Indian war life changed between the colonist and England. England acquired more territory after the war than they had prior. Document A shows how much the landscape had changed. The cost of this war was more than England had expected and it put them in great financial debt. England resented the colonists for this. They felt that the…

representation, which angered the colonists severely. Some of the major turning point taxations were The French and Indian War, Mercantilism, and the Navigation Acts. The French and Indian war was a major turning point in the colonist’s decision to break away from England. The fur trading industry was in such a demand that the Indians created economic and military alliances with the Europeans. The Iroquois Indians were a major alliance with the…