What Is The Role Of The Seven Year War In Shaping American Society

As we know throughout the course of history, there has been an abundance of various large scale events that have had a direct effect on shaping societies all over the world. From the 15th century to the 18th there have been many such events dealing with economic struggles, colonization, mass sickness, etc. All these events were very important but none were as important as a war. In the 1700’s the Europeans entered a series of conflicts and one of these conflicts was the Seven Year War. The war was fought for the control of the various colonies throughout North America. All the events that led to the war, happened during the war and the effects of the war, played a very influential role in shaping the European history. The origins of this war
The two world powers fought many small battles during the 1740’s, it was called King George’s war, but these small battles did not really result in a dominant power, which eventually led to the Seven Year war from the 1756-1763. Two years before the official declaration of the war, conflicts began over the Ohio territory. The French had started putting up forts in the Ohio valley. Virginia, upon hearing about this and fearing the loss of Ohio sent George Washington, a lieutenant at that time, to convince the French to leave. When the French refused, Washington with his small army launched an attack on the French, they were pushed back and surrendered soon after. This clash between George Washington and the French began an all-out war in North America. In 1755, Britain sent General Braddock to
It looked like a losing war for the British until two major events took place. The Native Americans were starting to fear the amount of advantage the French were gaining in North America, and so in 1758 during the treaty conference in Easton, PA they officially withdrew their support to the French. Pitt knew that at this moment he did not have the resources to send more troops to North America so he struck a deal with the colonists. He asked them to support the British army and fight for the British and in return England would take on the financial burden of the war. This instantly gave the British a huge advantage in the war. Soon after the withdrawal of the Native American support and the colonist fighting for the British, the French lost Fort Duquesne and after a gruesome two month battle they also lost Louisburg. The French quickly went from having an upper hand in this war to suffering heavy casualties, now with the colonists and the Native Americans fighting for the British, the French were outnumbered and outmatched and were defeated at Quebec and Montreal. The loss at Montreal was the last straw for the French, and as the war continued in Europe the French made one last attempt at capturing North America 1762 but failed again. This led to the French realizing that the British were too strong to defeat and started negotiating