What Are The Consequences Of The French And Indian War

The French and Indian war started from when French and British imperial and colonists wanted to make there country bigger. British, the French, and many American Indian nations engaged in a war that changed the course of history. It was started because it was a disagreement over who would end up controlling the Ohio River Valley. In the middle of the 18th century, France and England had competing claims for parts of Europe and North America. The French held trapping and trade routes in the Ohio Valley. The english colonies were enriching on French territory as the population grew. They competed even over trade issues with the Native Americans in the disputed region. Virginia Governor Dinwiddie dispatched a young George Washington in 1753 to deliver a protest to the French, but the protest was denied. British then sent a party to construct a fort on the site of which is now Pittsburg. The French set up forts along to protect their fur trading interests. The next year, Dinwiddie turned to Washington to get the french off and away from the site. Washington was surprised and overwhelmed by hoe many of the French and Native Americans there actually was. Washington retreated to the Fort Necessity, but he had to surrender shortly after there, which was a prelude to the French and Indian war.
British, Prussia, and Hanover were fighting against the alliance of France, Austria, Saxony, Russia, Sweden, and Spain.The European phase of war lasted from 1757 all the way to 1763. When William Pitt became British Prime Minister her vowed to lead the country to victory. Pitt aimed basically for expelling the French from the North America, buying the cooperation of the colonists by stimulating the North economy with a massive infusion of British currency, and buying the support of the Native American with promises of fixed territorial