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    Preceding the French and Indian War relations between Britain and the North American colonies was previously strained. Although Britain allowed the North American colonies to govern themselves contributing little government and Political actives in the North America colonies affaires. Since the crowning of James II the colonies tension with Britain had grown. As a result insubordination established during the French and Indian war, between Britain and the colonies decreasing Britain’s chance at…

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    Daniel Boone blazed his way into central Kentucky. He built a fort near the Kentucky River and christened it, Fort Boone. Soon American settlers began to move westward,they started settling at Fort Boone. With the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hamilton ordered the British to arm the local Native tribes and Loyalists with weapons, and encouraged them to attack the American settlers in Kentucky. In February of 1778. Daniel Boone was captured by the Shawnee while…

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    The French and Indian war remains a very consequential war because it changed the fate of North America. Before the war, there was an “Imperial rivalry between Britain and France” (Brennan, slide 4) that had persisted for centuries. This divide was inflamed by conflicting claims to land in the Ohio river valley; where the British had settled and the French had built forts. The war began when general George Washington led an attack on France’s Fort Necessity. France emerged victorious here, but…

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    The French-Indian War The French and Indian War was one of the most devious, and devastating times for the planet. The French and Indian War was described as: … was the North American conflict that was part of a larger imperial conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years War (The French and Indian War). During this time period, many countries were involved in a global war that stretched even to North America. Europe was torn between Britain and France as their allies…

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    fought in the French and Indian War, and how did the wars ' outcome affect them? What about Native Americans who did not participate in the war? Even before the war began, both the English and the French acknowledged that the conflict would be highly influenced by alliance with the Native Americans. The English had an advanced commercial economy that allowed them to offer the Indians material goods, but the French were favored by the natives because, unlike the English, the French were…

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    During the 1700’s, the French and Indian war involved the English and the French fighting over American’s colonial domination; involving land in the USA that was previously settled by the Native Americans. In this time era, relationships were built on a hostile foundation, considering the dynamics and the motives of everyone coming into past day America. Native American war parties assisted in the British and French colonial wars in 1757. The French and Indian war was occurring while the British…

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    The Alien and Sedation Act were bills that supported the immigration of French refugees into the United States. As a result, of the chaos in France due to the revolution, many French citizens wished to flee. This caused controversy in the United States since many did not support the Act. This group, the Federalists, supported the XYZ Affair, which was known as a quasi-war between France and the United States. On the contrary, the Democratic-Republicans supported the Alien and Sedation Act. This…

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    small fort called Fort Necessity. After many casualties, Washington and his troops surrendered. Their defeat was the beginning of the French and Indian War. The British captured Quebec in Canada in 1759, gaining them the advantage in the war. The war lasted for nine years, but the British eventually won because they were willing to fund military in the Americas. The French preferred to spend money on military in Europe because of the conflict there (Encyclopedia…

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    English. King Philip’s War started when a Christian Indian was killed. The Wampanoag soon took English Hostages one of them were Mary Rowlandson. The English and their Indian allies managed to defeat the Wampanoag with Metacomet being killed by a Pocasset Indian. The Native American population in Massachusetts decreased by 80 percent with the defeated being sent to the Caribbean. The French and Indian War was a battle of the Britain and France which was known as the Seven Years War. The battle…

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    people involved in the French and Indian War were the British, the French, and the American Indians. Even though the feud was just between the British and the French, the American Indians were very cooperative on both sides. Much more cooperative on the French side. What were they fighting for? The French and the British have many reasons for fighting, but each group involved had their reasons for being there. They wanted to monopolize the fur trade in North America and the French felt the…

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