The Seven Years’ War became one of the first major wars that colonial America fought. The war portrayed another episode in the prolonged imperial conflict between Great Britain and France. The conflict was to decide the future of the extensive region between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains‚ also known as the Ohio Valley. Both countries wanted this land to expand their empires. Eventually‚ this war will lay the groundwork for the struggles between the colonists and Great Britain‚ resulting
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The Seven Years’ War essentially made up of two struggles. One of the two struggles was centered on the naval and colonial conflict between Britain and its enemies‚ France and Spain; the second‚ on the conflict between Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia and his opponents: Austria‚ France‚ Russia‚ and Sweden. The naval and colonial war proved a great achievement for Britain‚ a reflection of the strength of the British navy–itself the product of the wealth of Britain’s expanding colonial economy
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1. The underlying and precipitating causes of the Hundred Years’ War were a struggle for national identity as well as control of territory between the English and the French. King Edward III had land and power in France and the French King‚ Philip the Fair‚ wanted this land to be given back to France. The French and English both had advantages during the war. The French had three times the population of England‚ were a wealthier country‚ and they were fighting on their homeland. England’s primary
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at the time‚ Britain and France‚ had been involved in smaller wars and skirmishes across the European landscape for centuries on end. While it ended the contention between which country‚ Britain or France‚ was superior‚ only prolonged the enmity between the nations. Finally‚ the Seven Years’ War served as a global conflict that reshaped the relationship between England and its colonies; for one to understand the ramifications of the war on the American colonies‚ one must understand that the relationship
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In 1763‚ the Seven Years War came to a conclusion with a British victory. Although this seemed as a celebration for the British‚ it was not for the colonists. The events that took effect after this war are the factors that led to the independence of the colonies. Some of the events that led to this were the Proclamation of 1763‚ multiple acts placed on the colonists by the British‚ and the Boston Massacre. The Proclamation of 1763 was the first event that infuriated the colonists. Before the
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towards her colonial subjects after the Seven Years’ War lead to open warfare and rebellion in the North American colonies. The relative peace and sanguine tranquility between the crown of the British Empire and its subjects in the American colonies forever changed after the war‚ down a path where the allegiance and union with the crown was torn asunder. The peace treaty of of Paris in 1763 ended the war‚ known in North America as the French and Indian War. The result of the treaties gave Britain most
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The Seven Years War Also known as the French and Indian War began in 1756. However‚ there were disputes over territories in the North American colonies between the British and French even before the war began. The British colonies tried several times to reclaim territories in the Ohio Valley‚ from the French who had built forts in the area. After having failed to reclaim these territories‚ Britain finally used their prominent Navy to cut off the French colonies from receiving any supplies or reinforcements
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Justin Vinh Ngo AP U.S History Period 2 September 23‚ 2013 Free Respond Question The Seven Year War proved to be the historical turning point of American history. This war inferred the humble of colonists for liberal judgment‚ believed that the war is the wheel for the revolution to roll. As the colony and its mother country had changed significantly on the political view‚ specify through the First Continental Congress attached with the established of Declaration of Right and Grievances‚ and
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The 7 Years War (The French and Indian War) originated from the land disputes in the Ohio River Valley. The British colonies had begun to expand westwards to take part in the lucrative fur industry that the French had fully invested in. Because the French wanted to prevent the British from taking away from their fur trade‚ the French built a chain of forts in the Ohio River Valley. As the French were essentially blocking the British from expanding westwards‚ the Virginian governor sent an armed
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The Seven Years’ War or the French and Indian War beginning in 1754 refers to the struggle over land around the Ohio River Valley between French and Indians allies against Britain and the colonies. The French surrendered with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 but soon after a greater conflict‚ one between the colonies and its mother country began to brew. Despite the renewed sense of British pride in colonists after the victory‚ American and British tensions during the war‚ the oppressive way Britain treated
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