French and Indian War The French and Indian War was quite confusing for its name. This war was not the conflicts between the French and the Indians; it actually was a general term of series battles that England fought against France for the control right of the North America. At that time, these two countries stayed in peace. However, the British alerted that the French attempted to seize the opportunity to conquer this land by military ways. The France forces built several military forts to claim the ownership of the Ohio Valley region. These forts irritated the British because they wanted to expand their American empire in the same region. In order to against the French, the English-Americans in Virginia send a military unit to attack and …show more content…
This battle was part of the master plan named “the capture of Quebec”, which was designed by the prime minister of England, William Pitt and implemented by other British military leaders like James Wolfe, Jeffrey Amherst and so on. James Wolfe was a prominent military leader and planner. Under their leadership, the British forces controlled Louisbourg, Fort Frontenae, and Fort Duquesne. The plan went well and finally resulted in the battle of Quebec. It was a traditional European war, which was fought in the Plains of Abraham near the city. During the war, British general James Wolfe and French commander Marquis de Montcalm were both killed. Even so, the British won the battle and got an upper hand over French because they captured the crucial city Quebec. This battle became the most important one in that it was connected with the significance of this city. Quebec was the political and economical center of the French colonists. That was to say, the heart of the French Empire in the North American Continent was seized by the British. The failure of the French resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and finally put an end to the domination of France in North …show more content…
The most important battle of the War of 1812 was the Battle of Plattsburgh which was also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain. This was a naval battle between George Dowine who was the English Captain and American naval commander Thomas MacDonough on Lake Champlain. The Battle was part of the northern offensive. MacDonough took advantage of faster ships and better strategies to win this battle which stopped the northern offensive as well. In addition, the Battle of Lake Champlain led to the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium in 1815. The War was ended up with this peace treaty literally and neither side won the war. However, the southern offensive was still continuing. The Battle of New Orleans broke out. Edward Packenham, an English general wanted to occupy the city of New Orleans. General Andrew Jackson defeated English army with few casualties. The Battle of New Orleans was the most celebrated and brilliant battle of the war, but it happened after the war was over. The War of 1812 was an extension of American Revolution to some degree and it led America towards independence. During the war, English gave up its maritime policies and became an ally with the United States ever since. The war caused no geographical change but peace between the United States and Britain. All the causes of the war disappeared after the war between England and France
The French were looking to expand their land at a place called the Ohio River Valley, so they would have more land for their people. The French threatened to take the land the British had already claimed. Numerous battles broke out between them, which lead to a war. William Pitt, the new British leader, managed to get more colonies to fight for the British. Britain's power grew significantly in numbers of soldiers, thus making the British a rising empire.
1775-1783, The American Revolutionary War: During the American Revolutionary War, Britain and the colonies in America fought about the tax increase that Britain wanted to impose on them. Britain wanted the colonies to help pay for most of the damages caused by the French and Indian War (1754-1763). In order to do this, the British increased taxes for many items, such as sugar and stamps. This causes a huge uproar in the American Colonies, and as a result, thousands of Americans died in the war; either in the battle, British imprisonment, or from widespread diseases. 1787, The New Constitution:
The French and Indian War also known as the Seven Years War was a conflict between the American Colonists and the French over control of the Ohio territories (the Ohio Valley). This war received its name because the war was Britain and its American colonies fighting against the French and Indians. Many Indian tribes became involved in the French and Indian War because the British were taking control over their hard worked for land. The French and Indians were upset that the Americans listened to British orders that took away their land that they had to live on. The Indians were excited to be on the French side since the French major gave them a ticket to attack British settlements.
Competition over resources among European societies led to trade and conflict. One such conflict was the French and Indian War. Both the British and the French wanted to control the land, and its resources, located in the Ohio River Valley. The British tried to control Native American trade and gain more land by taking over French forts in the Ohio River Valley. Eventually, the French were kicked out of continental North America when the British won.
French and Indian War The Ohio Company was an important vehicle through which British investors planned to expand into the Ohio Valley, opening new settlements and trading posts for the Indian trade. In 1753, the French themselves began expanding their military control into the Ohio Country, a territory already claimed by the British colonies of Virginia and Pennsylvania. These competing claims led to a war in the colonies called the French and Indian War, and contributed to the start of the global Seven Years' War . By chance, Washington became involved in its beginning.
The French and Indian War was a war that occurred during colonial takeover of the Americas. The French and Indian War was fought from 1754-1763. It was fought between Great Britain and France to keep trade in North America. The war was also known as the Seven Years' War.
Treaty of Paris signed by England, French and Spain, ending the war. September 1760, British controlled of all North America and the war between England and the French ended. The war would later show a strain on the relationship of the colonies and its mother-land, through a series of taxation. 2 The weaknesses of the articles, the national government could not force the states to obey its laws it did not have the power to tax.
Revolutionary War The Revolutionary War was between Great Britain and the 13 colonies. The whole idea of the war was for the 13 colonies to break free from Great Britain and declare their Independence. There are many causes, important battles, and key leaders that were apart of the war.
• 1st Activity of the Shawnee Tribe: Pontiac’s Rebellion Pontiac’s Rebellion, also known as the Pontiac War, broke out in the Ohio River Valley from 1763 to 1766. The British were fighting in this war along with the Native Indian tribes that lived within an area controlled by New France before their defeat in the French Indian War, which is known as the Pays d’en haut meaning the upper country. In 1763, Chief Pontiac led a rebellion of multiple tribes of the upper country against the British. In the Summer of 1763, Chief Pontiac launched attacks on the British in which left only Fort Pitt and Detroit in British hands.
The French and Indian War was a war from 1754 to 1763 between the Kingdom of Great Britain and France in North America. The war extended to the world as part of the Seven Years War. It officially came to a close with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and North America territories were divided to United Kingdom. Spain ceded Florida to the United Kingdom. France ceded Louisiana to the east of Mississippi River to the United Kingdom as compensation.
Pitt believed that securing victories in North America would ensure Britain’s global success, and reinvigorated the war effort by reorganizing military leadership and strengthening the Crown’s relationship with its colonists in America. British assaults on strategic outposts such as Ticonderoga, Niagara, and Quebec in 1759, followed by the successful siege of Montreal in September of 1760, prompted the French surrender. Though Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War expelled France from North America and secured massive territorial gains for the empire, subsequent Crown policies concerning taxation and westward expansion resulted in widespread colonial discontent. The conflict and its aftermath produced substantial ideological divisions
The Battle of New Orleans was the final battle in a series of battles that lasted from 1812-1815 that demonstrated that the Americans could defeat the British, increased nationalism, and First of all, the U.S. purchase of the Louisiana territory from France doubled the size of the republic. This newly acquired territory went from the Mississippi River all the way to the east Rocky Mountains as well as the Gulf in Mexico. The United States came to the realization that the territory was an essential
The War of 1812 involved three wars that were fought on separate fronts. Although America lost the war for Canada in the North, they won the western and southern war and the final war, the Battle of New Orleans under the leadership of the “war hero”, Andrew Jackson. Wrapping up the War of 1812 with the signing of the peace treaty in Belgium, in 1814, the British finally decides that the war with America just wasn’t worth it anymore. The end result was a negotiation between the U.S. and the British delegates. Each side drop demands one by one until the delegates agree to end the war officially.
The French-Indian War of 1754-1763 resulted in political, ideological, and economic alterations within Britain and its American colonies. The French and Indian War, also referred to as The Seven Years War, began with British and French conflicts across the Ohio River Valley, as both nations wanted to claim the land for themselves. The first blood of the French-Indian War began with multiple British failures, including Washington’s dreadful defeat at Fort Necessity and General Braddock’s failed attempt at conquering Fort Duquesne, in which he died along with two-thirds of his army (Document C). The British would, however, gain momentum in 1759 with multiple victories, including their most significant triumph, Quebec.
As a result the england began to plan to set up colonies in this region and so the french decided to set up forts to keep the british out. both of these country were trying to keep each other out of from fort duquesne,also the indian