miraculously sneak up to the fort along a part of the river the French left unprotected. This advantage allowed the British to captured Fort Louisburg and Fort Frontenac. Thousands of British troops surrounded the forts pounding the French with artillery; and soon after the French retreated to a nearby town which allowed the British to set up arms at the fort. The French outnumbered soon surrendered‚ marking the first British victory of the war. This victory became a turning point for the British On September
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August 15‚ 2012 The French and Indian War was named after the opponents of the British during King George’s rule. The French and Indian War lasted from 1754-1763. It has also been referred to as the Seven Years’ War. The war was between the colonies of British America and New France. In 1756‚ the war became a worldwide conflict. With the elimination of the French threat in North America‚ colonists felt that they could move into lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. The Indians living in the area
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relations between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies were becoming a major problem. Great Britain was continuously being unjust and unfair to the colonists by taxing them without their consent‚ closing their ports‚ killing the colonists‚ and many other one sided actions. The colonists grew weary of this very quickly and decided they had had enough of it. This led to the colonists declaring their independence from Great Britain in 1776. After the French and Indian War‚ Great Britain wanted to
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The French and Indian War marked a major turning point in American relations with Great Britain. Before the war‚ there was a period of neglect/disinterest with Britain and the colonies. Great Britain only seemed to be interested in the colonies maintaining the mercantilist policies and did not care for how the colonies decided how to govern/run themselves. After the war‚ there were major changes on the relations between the colonies and Great Britain in terms of British involvement in the colonies
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From One War to Another The French and Indian war‚ a war that had assembled the largest number of troops ever‚ was caused by more than a hundred years of rivalry between the two countries‚ had several consequences on the British Empire‚ and impacted the colonies greatly. When the fire of the French and Indian war was blown out‚ another match was dropped‚ starting another war. The main causes of the French and Indian war also known as the Seven Years war‚ was due to the constant hostility of the
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The development of the colonies made the minds of many wonder about what could it bring wealth‚ fame‚ or a good life? The English‚ French‚ and Spanish were willing to venture for that. The English were the first of them to make that venture. The English colonies developed differently because they were allowed more freedom but on the other hand France and Spain had to abide by their ruler. Freedom allowed English men to do much more‚ including set up a government and a diverse
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your textbook for help. 1. What challenges did England face after the French and Indian War? She had to manage almost 2 million people in te 13 colonies‚ she had to take control of 60‚000 french speaking people in Canada and around the great lakes‚ and she had to keep the English colonists and the native Americans from killing each other. 2. What was the Proclamation of 1763? If the colonists could be kept east of the Appalachians there would be no more fighting between the settlers and the native
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The French and Indian war was the significant event that aggravated the American Revolution. The French and Indian war or Seven years war‚ lead to certain realizations that caused Americans to realize that their English liberties were being threatened. The crown of France had just issued the Edict of Nantes in 1598 which had granted limited toleration to French Protestants. Prior to the Edict of Nantes‚ the tension between the Roman Catholics and the Protestant Huguenots‚ as a result over 10‚000
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In 1754‚ a war between Britain and France with their Indian allies broke out in North America that came to be known as The French and Indian War. The war ended in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris. The French and Indian War created tension between Great Britain and the American colonies politically through the expansion of borders‚ economically through extreme taxes‚ and ideologically through taxation without representation. The expansion of the borders of the English territory through the Treaty of
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DBQ on the French and Indian war and one of the documents was really helpful and now I have tow write this mini essay. So I know that the French and Indian War started initially in 1754 and ended in 1763. In my DBQ there are I believe 8-9 documents. I am just not entirely sure of how to write a DBQ either‚ we were never taught because my teacher got in a train accident and was out the rest of the year. Anyway I watched videos like Crash Course by John Green (If you do not know what this is youtube
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