Compare And Contrast French And Indian War

French and Indian War or the War for Empire was the military conflict between the major European powers in the newly colonized Northern America. Its name is used by the Americans to refer to the combined enemy forces of the France and the indigenous people against the British America. Although there were several prior conflicts between France and Britain that contributed in increasing the tension between the two empires, the French and Indian War is considered a determinate event that started The Seven Years War which that did not only involved Europe and North America but also it spread to cover all the colonial posts around the world. During the era of imperialism, every major power was in constant search for new territories, resources and

As the rumors reached the Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddi, his first reaction was to send a twenty-one year-old surveyor named George Washington to warn the French 1753. In the following year Washington led a group of carpenters and militiamen along with seize the area and build an English fort that was called Fort Necessity but that attempt failed. In 1755 and after a long effort finally the mother country realized the French expansion and sent 1550 soldiers led by General Braddock to put an end to that struggle. Nonetheless, Braddock's traditional tactics and his underestimation of his enemy as well as American militia caused his defeat and he was eventually killed in the Battle of the Wilderness. The French remained the upper hand on area and won battles until new military policy was adopted by Britain that used young generals like James Wolfe and Jeffrey Amherst. Their master plan was to cut the French's major supplying post of Louisburg that would allow them to take Quebec on the St. Lawrence River. Eventually their plan succeeded and in 1759 the significant Battle of Quebec marked a decisiveness event that turned the outcome of the war and Quebec was captured by the English troops. Although Generals Wolfe and Montcalm were killed and 650 casualties were recorded on each side, France ceded Canada and all the territory east of the Mississippi, except new Orleans, to Britain under terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Thus, the major French influence in Northern America was