Compare And Contrast The French And Indian War

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The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Year’s War, was a global war between Britain and France that occurred from 1754- 1763. It took place in North America and Europe, and “it was sparked by French and British competition for the ancestral Indian lands in the vast Ohio Valley” (America a Narrative History pg. 157). This was a decisive war as the winner would gain control of the entire North American continent because of the control of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Ultimately, the British won the war and was given many valuable landholdings in North America, which was stated in the Treaty of Paris of 1763. As a result of the French and Indian war, colonies were affected by policies in the form of economic taxes and acts issued by …show more content…

The lands given to Britain included the sugar island colonies in the West Indies, French colonies in India, and all of France’s North American possessions east of the Mississippi Rivers, all of Canada, and Spanish Florida. While this may have gave territorial advantages to the British, it also created massive challenges such as national debt increasing and having to maintain all of their new acquisitions. To reduce the debt of the warfare, the British government began taxing American colonists. These taxes were met with much resentment. “The tensions between the British need for greater revenue from the colonies and the Americans defense of their rights and liberties set in motion a chain of events that would lead to revolution and independence” (America a Narrative History pg. 163). Tensions first started to begin when King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which drew an imaginary line along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains from Canada south to Georgia and forbade white settlers to go west of the line to ensure Indians living on these lands would not be molested. This was the first time that

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