French and Indian War

It was a plan to create a unified government under the thirteen colonies. It was proposed to make the colonies stronger than the French and Indians. Also, it intended to make communication and cooperation between the colonies easier. This plan also proposed that representatives would be able to levy taxes to support the colonial government. The Albany Plan was the first important proposal…

made first contact with Europeans in 1615 when Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer arrived at Lake Huron, where some Ojibwe lived. In 1622, one of Champlain's people, made contact with Ojibwe groups farther west while the French were exploring Lake Superior (Ojibwe History 2014). In 1641, French Jesuits begin to explore the rapids of the St. Mary's River establishing a Christian mission there by 1667. Like other Indian groups, the Ojibwe were forced farther out west in the 1640’s once the…

Hello this is the road to the revolution and what happen in the road to the revolution is Navigation act of 1660 what happened in that is the British passed a series of laws.The French and Indian war that is where they had a war.The boston tea party they took tea and put it in the boston harbor. The boston massacre that is where british soldiers shot civilians.The pontiac's rebellion, the sugar act, The stamp act, The declaratory act, the…

The Declaration of Independence marked the end of the road to the revolution, and marked the beginning of the revolutionary movement in the United States of America. The Declaration of Independence is a document written by a founding father of the “United States of America”, Thomas Jefferson, and declared on July 4, 1776. This documented can be broken down into three pieces, in section one it has simple statements with a specific purpose, the second section included a list of grievances, and the…

Around the 1630s, French Jesuit missionaries sailed to the St. Lawrence Valley and were inspired by the game of lacrosse played by the Native Americans. Jean de Brebeuf was the first European to document the game in 1636. After recording one of the Huron’s contests, he would officially name the sport “lacrosse.” The reason it is called lacrosse is that Crosse means stick with a curve end, which would look similar to a bishop crozier. Later in the mid-1800s, French residents in Canada would…

The English established farms and towns by clearing the trees and chasing the Native Americans deeper into the woods. They treated the natives as if they were inferior, while the French had a friendlier approach to the natives and proceed to befriend, coexist, and trade with them. Also, while the French kept tight control over their colonies, the English allowed a great deal of self government, making their colonies more prone to revolt . The Ohio Company was formed when George Washington and…

The Crucible of War, and watching Michael Mann’s film, The Last of the Mohicans, several distinct differences are evident, but overall Mann pays attention to detail while still maintaining historical integrity. Mann added theatrical elements of romance and dynamic characters to make the film entertaining, but rarely used those elements as a way to mask the historical significance and reality of the events. The movie tells the story of interactions between the British, the French, the…

such as wars, people, government acts, and exchanges in power. Some built America up while, others tore it down. The French and Indian War helped show the Colonists that they could battle on their own. The Declaratory Act led Thomas Paine to realize they needed to fight for their independance. The French and Indian War, The Declaratory Act, and Thomas Paine have been positive influences on America. The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, was the first colonial war.…

rebellion by British colonists, however, it quickly turned into something much more. The road to the Revolution started with a nine-year war between the French and the British over land in the Ohio River Valley, and ended with the battles in Lexington and Concord between the minutemen and militia. The road to the American Revolution was paved by the French and Indian War, all the acts passed by England, the events in Boston, and the Battles in Lexington and Concord. In the course of twenty-five…

British (and by extension, American) goals present during the French and Indian War, the primary ones included securing “commercial supremacy” among major European powers, gaining access to the interior of the continent, “cement[ing] its control of settled regions” in North America, and ruining France’s attempts to make use of the Americas. The last is especially important considering the other conflicts between the British and French over the previous eighty years. All of these were to attempt…