The French and Indian war lasted from 1756 until 1763 (actually events leading to the war started in 1754). This war was also known as the Seven Years’ War because‚ well it lasted seven years (nine to be exact but seven years’ war has a better ring to it). The competing claims over ancestral Indian land covering the Ohio River valley‚ known as the “most fertile country of America” was the major cause of this war. The French built forts in parts of Western Pennsylvania to protect their interest
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Essay #4 The French and Indian War‚ a colonial manifestation of the same forces and tensions that erupted in the European Seven Years’ War‚ was‚ quite simply‚ a war about expansionism. The French and the English were competing for land and trading privileges in North America; which lead to land dispute‚ particularly the Ohio Valley. Each nation saw this territory necessary to seize to increase its own power and wealth while limiting the strength of its rival. Although the war itself occurred from
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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
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& Battles‚ French & Indian War http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/fandiwar.html Key Events & Battles‚ French & Indian War The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West‚1770 (National Gallery of Canada at Ottawa) Location Notes/Significance Western Pennsylvania Gen. Braddock’s force of 1450 men British defeated at Ft. 1755 (present-day surrounded and defeated by Indian Duquesne Pittsburgh) and French-Canadian forces New British commander (Lord Loudoun) closely managed the war American colonists
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1754 to 1763‚ the French and Indian War took place. This war altered the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. It was the last of four North American wars waged from 1689 to 1763 between the British and the French. In these struggles‚ each country fought for control of the continent with the assistance of Native American and colonial allies. The French and Indian War occurred to end the land dispute between the British and French. Whoever won‚ in
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How accurate is it to describe relations between the Mother Country and the American Colonies as peaceful and harmonious in the years 1740-63? During the years of 1740-63 the relations between Britain and the American colonies was to some extent mainly peaceful and harmonious. The economic growth gained by Britain as a result of trading and becoming a supplier changed the way the colonists perceived the British as now they were actually helping them. Even though the British never planned to treat
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1. What was the cause of the French and Indian War and what was the most important battle of that war? In the 1750s‚ I was still not an American because the North America was colonized by Spain‚ France‚ and Britain. The three countries could not get on well with one another because they all wanted to occupy more lands of North America. The root cause of the French and Indian War were about the control of the Ohio region. In the late 1740s and early 1750s‚ the French sent an expedition down the Ohio
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The French and Indian War (1754-1763)‚ or the Seven Years’ War‚ was fought between the French and the British over power of land. There was a time where the French and English coexisted in North America until issues (such as tensions rising between different religions) between both sides were present. The French also had a lot of territory and ties with the Native Americans‚ but all this dissipated when the British won the French and Indian war. The colonists faced most of the consequences‚ and
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Americas‚ the struggle for land ownership between European countries seemed everlasting. One feud between Great Britain and France led to the French and Indian War during the mid 18th century. After the war was over in 1763‚ the political‚ economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies were altered. Although altered‚ not all would agree that they were altered for the worse. Soldiers on Britain’s side during the French and Indian War were mostly colonists from England who
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DBQ the French and Indian War The French and Indian War is known as an unintentional war sparked by a young George Washington’s actions towards the French ambassador. Both the English and French wanted to obtain control of the Ohio Valley. Each group desired to show their superiority and gain the benefits of the new world. The English and French could not solve their disagreement peacefully‚ and war was inevitable. The war not only changed the new world forever‚ but also‚ Britains relationship
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