The French and Indian War The French and Indian War was the North American conflict that was just one facet of the much larger, worldwide Seven Years’ War; it began in 1754 and ended in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris. It was a series of battles between France and Great Britain, and their Indian allies, for the possession of land in North America. Both the French and British governments believed they owned the rights to the Ohio River Valley, the area that triggered the conflict. The war resulted in enormous gains of territory for Great Britain. • Great Britain controlled the thirteen colonies up to the Appalachian Mountains. France controlled a very large, sparsely settled colony, which stretched from Louisiana through the Mississippi valley and Great …show more content…
o The French gave New Orleans and all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain. Cuba was also returned to Spain. o This treaty opened the Mississippi Valley to westward expansion. • The Ottowa Chief Pontiac unites men from several American Indian nations in hopes of driving the British off of their land. Colonel Henry Bouquet, of the British army, defeats the Native American forces at Bushy Run. o The Proclamation of 1763 is signed, halting the westward expansion of colonists; the land west of the Appalachian Mountains belonged to the Native Americans. • The British Sugar Act is amended to tax the American colonies on imported goods such as sugar, coffee, and wine. (1764) • The Currency Act was designed to control money in the colonies. It prohibited the issue of new bills and the re-issue of existing currency in the colonies. • The Stamp Act was issued by Great Britain to tax American colonists as an effort to recoup from financial loss during the war. This act implemented a tax on all printed documents. (1765) • Protests begin to occur against these acts so much that it eventually leads to the American
The French and Indian war was a war fought between France and Britain. “This New World conflict marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France.” (History.com Staff, 2009) This war lasted for seven years (also called the Seven Years’ War) beginning in 1753 to 1763. This long lasting battle began the changes within these countries to form.
This book is an amazing secondary source of information on this war, this book is very well written, and really moves right along. The author intentions throughout the book Is taking you through the alliances with the Indian tribes, the British, the French and colonists. The author of the book, Fred Anderson, summarizes the people that were involved, events and the consequences of this war. This book talks about The French and Indian War also known as the Seven Years’ War, was worldwide conflict that mold the world we have today. The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
The French and Indian War altered the relations of the American Colonies and Britain through political, economic, and geographical issues. At the start of the French and Indian War the French owned a big majority of land but the during the war the French lost their land to the English. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 gave the English, the French land of North America (Doc A).
The French and Indian War and Its Legacy As the colonization of the New World began to ramp up during the eighteenth century, the global imperial powers waged several bellicose endeavors against one another because of the geopolitical implications of having strategic colonies in this new and undiscovered territory. Indeed, wars were waged over resources, trade routes and territories (“French and Indian War”). The most significant conflict that germinated during this epoch involved America and, more specifically, broke out in 1753 in the colony of Pennsylvania (“French and Indian War”). Beginning in 1754 and ending with the Treaty of Paris that was signed in 1763, the French and Indian War began because of global impulse for colonization as
French and Indian War Ch.5 sec/1 (p.140) Targets: 1.I can find out how the rivalry of Britain and France led to war in North America. 2. I can know how the lack of unity and mistakes lead to British defeats early in the war.
The French and Indian War seems unavoidable if we gaze back on it now. Back in the 1700’s England and France were terrible enemies, who would attack each other whenever they could. When the English first reached North America they claimed it as their own, but they were not alone. The French had claimed the area to the north for their themselves.
Before the war the natives expressed their concerns about colonists settling on their land, that they knew was valuable, and felt that the settlement was spoiling their hunt. This warning proved to be quite important after the war when the Pontiac's Rebellion occurred because colonists were settlign in the Ohio River Valley, which was Indian territory. Due to the agreements in the Treaty of Paris, after Britain's victory they gained more territory which included the valley. After bring attacked by the Indians, Parliament passed the Proclamation line of 1763 which stated that they couldn't venture pas the Appalachian Mountains for settlement in hopes of keeping protection from the Indians and ensuring that another debt increasing war didn't happen, yet colonists disobeyed the
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.
The French and Indian War, otherwise known as The Seven Years’ War, was fought between the French and British colonies, along with their Native American allies. The British believed that the French were settling to close to their colonies. They wanted to shove them out of their territory. The British colonies gained Canadian territory from the French at the peace conference.
The Navigation Acts restricted foreign trade to competition with other countries, while reducing the chances of the colonies becoming an independent nation; in addition, all British products that were to be sent to the colonies were heavily taxed in order to create more profit. The Sugar Act placed tax on sugar, wine, and coffee, and denied any colonist accused of smuggling trial by jury, eventually leading to a drastic plummet in the rum industry. Finally, the Stamp Act, an act that was passed without the consent of the colonists, that taxed any paper or document in order to gain money from the colonists for Britain, ultimately leading to the colonists revolting against Britain, and writing newspapers that promoted the idea of independence from the imperialist nation that had repeatedly denied them their liberty, democracy, and
The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years’ War, began in the mid-1750s and ran for approximately seven years, although timing has been left up to debate. For many years leading up to the Seven Years’ War, the British had its share of wars with France and Spain mainly regarding territory disagreements. This war in particular involved the British colonists wanting to expand westward, essentially for trading purposes, yet the French were not willing to allow that to happen. The Native Americans did not claim land like the British and French did. They had already been living and using the land for their own agriculture and hunting.
The Sugar Act in the 1764 was a law that had tax on sugar, molasses, and other products that were moved into the American colonies from places outside of the British Empire. The whole point of the Sugar Act was to stop trade between New England and the Middle colonies with French, Dutch, and Spanish in the West Indies. The Currency Act in 1764 was a law that controlled the issue and the legal tender status of paper money in the colonial economy. The Quartering Act in 1765 was a law that required all the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. The Stamp Act in 1765 was a law that was in forever in the American Colonists it required them to pay tax on every piece of printed paper
The French and Indian War left England with a debt of £130,000,000. To help pay off the debt Britain set up taxes, to collect money, on frequently used products by the colonists. The Molasses Act put a six pence tax on every gallon of molasses. The colonists thought this was a lot of money to pay so they did everything to avoid it. This act was not really enforced and the colonists did not really obey this act.
In result, economic changes would come to the colonies. Parliament met in 1763 and came to the conclusion that they were not receiving the profit they needed from the colonies (Document F). As a result, many taxes were passed by British Parliament upon the colonies, including the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act (Document H) and the Tea Act. The American colonies were not happy, to say the least. Americans protested, saying that these taxes were unnecessary and unfair.
The French and Indian war, also known as the Seven Years’ war, was fought between France and Great Britain. It started because of French expansion into the Ohio Valley. This expansion created conflict