1 The French and Indian War, the war was the product of a magnificent struggle, a crash between the French and English over colonial territory. As part of global conflict, the war can also be seen as a product of the contained rivalry between British and French colonists. Tensions between the British and French in America had been rising for some time, as each side wanted to increase its holdings in the colonies. The French and Indian War began in late1754, when Virginian major George Washington and a few men headed out into the Ohio region with orders to a French captain demanding that French troops withdraw from the territory, the demand was rejected. In May, Washington's troops clashed with local French forces, a clash that resulted in Washington …show more content…
The French allowed the surviving and troops to withdraw after disarming them. This triggered events that would lead to become “the French and Indian war”. The Albany congress, ended with halfhearted promises of support with the Iroquois Indians. With the French’s loss of Indian allies the war fell into favor of the English, and it newly found allies. Weary by the years of battle with the British the French fell. 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. 3 It did not have the power to enforce laws. Congress lacked strong and steady leadership. There was no national army or navy. There was no system of national courts. Each state could issue its own paper money. Each state could put tariffs on trade between