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The War That Made America By Fred Anderson

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Anderson, Fred. The War that Made America. New York, New York: Penguin Publishing
Group, 2006.

Fred Anderson's work on the Seven Year War center's upon an argument that the events during the conflict led up to and contributed to the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. Moreover, Anderson argues that the seeds of civil strife between England and its colonial possessions were sown at a time when English victory in North America was assured. Thus, although England won the conflict, they would lose their original thirteen colonies. To support his argument, Anderson uses a simple but concise methodology. The book is laid out in a logical manner so that the lay reader can follow the argumentation; the book is not solely …show more content…

To support his main argument, Calloway devotes much of this book to detailing how the various peoples of North America saw 1763 and how ministers in England saw 1763. This methodology depicts the various opinions on the conflict and what these individual groups expected the peace to mean. For example, Calloway's book detailed how English colonists in North America believed that the end of the Seven Years War would mean a fresh burst of prosperity and an increase in their liberties living within the British Empire. However, Calloway then went on to detail how these hopes were damaged by England attempting to come to terms with its territorial gains and the economic realities of maintaining these …show more content…

First, Gallagher designs his arguments using a timeline format divided into distinct chronological periods. For example, the book begins with the French arrival from 1604 through 1616 and the establishment of their colonies in Nova Scotia. From there, Faragher goes on to break the years of French habitation into distinct periods up to and including the expulsion of the Acadians and the scattering of the survivors across the Americas. In addition to using periods, Faragher weaves a dual narrative methodology into each separate period. For instance, the methodology addresses the narrative from both a French and a British point of view. By pursuing this methodology, Faragher details the reasons why the British crown felt justified in its actions and how those actions impacted the

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