French Indian War Causes

The French and Indian War was a war, for the most part, between France and England. It lasted from 1754 to 1763, and brought about large changes to the New World. England won the war, so France ceded all of its land to England and Spain. Britain gained power as a result of its victory, and those results were felt by the American colonists. The aftermath of the war was shown in the effects it had on political, economic, and ideological relations between Great Britain and the American colonies.

The Pequot War started in 1636 and ended in 1637. The war consisted of the Pequot people and a coalition of English settlers from the Massachusetts Bay. It was a brutal war and was the first sustained conflict between Native Americans and Europeans in northeastern North America.

Throughout the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the relationship between the British and the American colonies underwent many radical changes. This war drew the British into America to fight the French alongside of the American colonists. Once the fighting began, the vast economic, political, and ideological differences between the colonists and their mother country of Great Britain surfaced. The French and Indian War impacted the political correlation between Britain and the American colonies because the colonies desired a new democratic government in place of the former English monarchy. Additionally, the war altered the economic relations between the two because of the establishment of numerous British taxations to pay for the war

The French and Indian war was fought between Great Britain and France from 1754 to 1763. Also known as the Seven Year’s War, this confrontation eventually erupted into an all out worldwide conflict. Its effects were not only immediate but long term. Although the colonies were not directly tied to the war, it greatly impacted them as well as modern America.

Trade during colonial America was done between Europe, Africa, and the New World. They traded food, natural resources, animals, and slaves. History proves to show that trade highly increases economies and through the Triangular Trade route the economy of the colonies shot up. It was really easy for colonists to buy slaves from Africa and have them shipped across the Middle Passage just as easy as it was to be over an indentured servant. As stated above, colonists preferred slaves over indentured servants, so they chose African slaves. This allowed for a rapid growth in the number of slaves within the British North American colonies that increased trade and economic power for the colonies.

Starting in 1754, the French and Indian War was a war between the English colonies and those of New France. The main cause of this war was the dispute over several areas of land and who had rightful ownership of them. The Ohio River Valley was a pinnacle area of land that caused the most dispute. Originally inhabited by Native Americans, the Ohio River Valley was an oasis of natural resources. It was heavily coveted by both the French and the English. Before the war, the French had seized control of it which angered the English and is one of the initial causes of the war. At that time, both the British and the French were in a race to expand their territories as far as they could too see which nation could have the most power. The title of the war being The

The French and Indian Wars were a series of conflicts between Spanish, Dutch, Britain, the thirteen colonies and Native American allies against France, its colonies in Canada, and its Native American allies. The wars took place from 1689-1763. The United States was not involved in the war until 1754-1763. The major cause of these conflicts was the need for other countries to control the territories of the North American, mainly the area around the Hudson Bay. The Hudson Bay area was essential to the fur trade. Whoever controlled that area would dominate the fur trade in North America. The French and Indian war could have been lost in the colonies but the military advantage shifted to Great Britain as a result of a bigger population and productivity compared to the French colonies. Also the British had a better ability to resupply the

Although the French and Indian War brought massive amounts of debt to British after they defeated French and their Native allies, it also began the unification of the American Colonies due to the hostility they had received. The colonials felt hostility from British troops when Colonials joined the Red Coats against the French and the overall attitude of the English being more sophisticated and aristocrat versus Americans being savage and native-like. The Colonies felt they could govern themselves and when the British passed the Proclamation Line of 1763, limiting colonies from the land they had just fought for against the French, it really angered them. The French and Indian War was a vital event that changed the Colonies politically and

Economically, politically and ideologically, the French and Indian War caused tension between the American colonies due to Britain placing laws and taxes into effect that the colonists did not prefer. Because of this, the colonists began to resent Britain, rather than cooperating with them.

The French and Indian War, sometimes termed the “Seven Years’ War”, is often described by historians as the first broadly global conflict. The war would introduce prominent figures such as George Washington and foreshadow the birth of a new nation—the United States of America. The French and Indian War altered the relationship between Britain and its American colonies by enabling Britain to be more involved in political and economic affairs by imposing regulations and levying taxes unfairly on the colonies, which caused the colonists to change their ideology from toleration to resentment towards Britain. The French and Indian War affected the political relationship between Britain and its American Colonies because of Britain’s increase in

The French and Indian War was a nationalizing experience for the Colonists because it banded a un-unified group of colonists together against a common enemy,the French and their allies, the Indians. The war later led to the reinforcement of their unity and resentment towards Britain for implementing many acts on the colonists, whether it be taxing, or control over their commerce. Before the French and Indian War many of the colonies were skeptical and/ or jealous of one another, creating disunity and an untrustworthy environment throughout the colonies. To represent the lack of coherence among the colonies, Benjamin Franklin published a cartoon representing the colonies as a disjointed snake. During the French and Indian War, the colonists

The French and Indian War, otherwise known as The Seven Year’s War, was fought between Great Britain and France, along with their allies. The conflict began in 1754, when the French tried to expand to the Ohio River Valley to connect their land in Canada and the Mississippi River Valley. Finally, in 1763, the war came to an end with the final defeat of the French and their Native American allies in North America. Which caused the American colonists to celebrate and show their patriotism. The American colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain because Britain imposed the Stamp and Townshend Act solely to levy money on the colonists, what happened at The Boston Massacre, Britain’s king repeatedly made wrong decisions, and the colonists only choice left was to defend themselves.

The French and Indian War was a pivotal turning point for the relationship between Britain and its American colonies. Prior to the French and Indian War, the colonies experienced salutary neglect, which consisted of Britain ignoring the colonies to deal with problems happening in Europe. On the contrary, during and after the war, Britain started to be more involved in their colonies by being present in the colonies, expecting money from them, and putting restrictions on the colonist’s freedom.

The French and Indian War was a battle between the French and Indians and the British and Americans that began in 1754 and ended in 1763. All five documents associate with the French and Indian War, “Quartering Act of 1765”, “New York General Assembly Petition”, “Map of Proclamation of 1763”, “George Washington’s Letter to William Crawford”, and “Albany Plan”. After reading the texts, I learned about the effects of the war and how they came to play. Essentially, the French and Indian War affected the nations politically, economically, and socially.

[x] France for example has created New France in Canada and also down into Florida and Spain had a large portion of Mexico and Southern America. [xi] These new colonizes helped create trade between the New and Old World. Government ventures lended money for explorers to set forth and trade in the West and elsewhere.[xii] This also led to the role of mercantilism in the Atlantic as well. They helped promote overseas trade between a country and its own colonizes.[xiii] As they controlled more trade, different trading companies began to emerge in response to mercantilism. The Dutch West Indian Company and the royal African Company chartered by their motherlands all participated in a system which included other non- European countries as well. This system was known as the Atlantic Circuit which was a clockwise network of trading links that moved goods, wealth and people around the Atlantic system.[xiv] This helped make the slave trade more efficient because now a vast amount of slaves could be transported to their specific destinations as requested by a country. As document 8 shows, the slaves which came from Africa each followed a specific route in the Atlantic Circuit. [xv] tying in with document 4 the work that had to be done on the plantation was a lot and that is why with the help of city ports in Africa they were able to get a large number of slaves to help in the Americas. An example of the type of work they did can be