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    One major cause for the French and Indian War was the creation of the Albany Congress. The Iroquois Confederacy was a strong coalition of several Indian tribes. This made them a valuable asset towards the British as having them as an ally could result in an easier victory over the inevitable war against the French. This coupled along with issues over governance produced the assembly. Overall this assembly was a complete bust as Britain was scared the committee would overpower the royal…

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    the Indians. When white settlers began to move westward, they ran into the Native Americans which were known as the Five Civilized Tribes. The Five Civilized Tribes were Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminoles. These tribes and civilizations had very much impressed missionaries in New England. President Monroe and President Adams had formed many treaties with the idea of the voluntary movement of these Indian tribes and wanted to move them west of the Mississippi River. Some Indians…

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    and France both wanted supremacy, which led to economic and political tension. These disagreements over land ownership ultimately broke into war known as the French and Indian War in the 1754. George Washington, a twenty-one year old naive and inexperienced military official was appointed to Lieutenant Colonel where he and his Indian Allies, led by Tanaghrisson or the Half King, marched to build a new fort, Fort Necessity. Unmistakably, there was a high French populace in the area and conflict…

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    The French and Indian War is considered the ‘Forgotten War” (Hanson 2014). The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years’ War, took place in North America’s region of Virginia, all the way to Nova Scotia. This battle is considered the starting off point for the American Revolution, which will take place in a few short years. Britain, with the help of the Iroquois, and France, with the help Algonquins, were the main fighters of this war. This war was ignited due to the passing of the…

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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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    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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    Cabazon Band of Mission Indians was a case that barred states from interfering with tribal gaming. These tribes were very fortune to have decisive, courageous and politically skilled leaders; but they also succeed because of the location and their arid lands were seen as unsuited…

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    easy solution, and Andrew Jackson was no exception to this. One of these incidents was the Indian Removal Act, where Jackson decided that all of the natives living east of the Missouri River would have to march a 1,200-mile trek to the Indian reserve, which is currently modern day Oklahoma.1 Many historians today view Jackson 's actions as cruel and unnecessary. This evidence will help prove that the Indian Removal Act could have been avoided if they had followed their own laws, respected moral…

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    expansion made America became a battle of imperialism. The French and Indian was one of the most important war in American history which switch the leading power from France to England in 1600S. The huge contest between two strongest nations at that time also became the factor of changing relations between British and American Colonies the also the American Independence Revolution happened later in 1770S. The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended in 1763. The french was success at the…

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    John Hancock and Samuel Adams? Great amounts of tension had built up over the period of 20 years after the French-Indian War; the Americans developed ill feelings towards the British government, attributed to their mindset that Britain had been crippling their future by donating land to the Indians and the French. In short, a few events that transpired as a result of the French-Indian war promoted a tension that exploded violently as the…

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