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Compare And Contrast The French And Indian War

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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

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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.

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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).

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The French and Indian War resulted from ongoing frontier tensions in North america, as both French and British imperial officials and colonists began to extend their regions. In North America, the French colonists, and their native allies were up against Great Britain, the Anglo-American colonists, and the Iroquois Confederacy. The border between French and British possessions were not well defined, and one disputed territory was the upper Ohio River Valley. The Ohio River Valley was not only valuable, but very fertile too, and this would later become the battleground and prize of the war. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris leaving the crushing defeat of France and the Victory of Britain, although Britain seemed to suffer more after

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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.

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This war was also known as the 7 years war. The period was 1754-1763. The French and Indian war was a major conflict which created a struggle between Britain and France. Both of the British and France wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian mountains. The French were helped by the Parliament army and the British were helped by the Iroquois Indians.

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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.

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This included approximately 827,000 square miles of land, which doubled the current size of the United Sates at the time. The treaty was ratified by October 1803, which solidified the agreement. At this time, the importance of having access to the Mississippi river was tremendous. The river could float goods to New Orleans so that they can be shipped to countries overseas. By France having this territory, that gave them control over a key part of the new world.

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The Stamp Act was established by the Parliament in 1765. The tax was made to pay off a large burden that Britain owed due to the fact that they had recently fought in the French and Indian war. When the English sent troops to the colonies their debt increased, England getting deeper into debt. The Stamp Act taxed all sorts of paper products bought by the colonists. Almanacs, pamphlets, newspapers, advertisements, marriage licenses, and even playing cards were all taxed.

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The Stamp Act was passed in 1765. The British Parliament decided to tax all printed items in the U.S. Colonies. For example, newspapers, cards, and legal papers had to bear a stamp. The stamp was sold by the British to raise money. The colonists protested.

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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.

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