The French and Indian War was fought beginning in 1754 and it ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The Great Lakes as well as the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers were lands that were claimed by Virginians, Pennsylvanians, the French, and the Indians. The French set up trading posts in those territories. The British king had granted the colonials land from coast to coast in the original English charters. Because the land around the East Coast was filling up, the English began to move west. During the
The French and Indian War, most commonly known as the Seven Years War in Europe, was a very violent and territorial war for trade across the Mississippi and Louisiana and for control over for the Ohio River Valley. In order to stop British forces, the French had already set up a series of forts in the Ohio Valley. The most important fort, Fort Duquesne, was located in what we call Pittsburgh today. During the early stages of the war, it was clear that the French had a HUGE advantage. One of the first
Results of the French and Indian War The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 marked the start of a period in which the relationship between Britain and her American colonies changed forever. Britain’s attempt to directly control the colonies while raising revenue and bettering the mother country after the war included direct taxes and land restrictions was enough for colonists of seek independence by 1775. Right after the French and Indian War, Pontiac’s Rebellion, a final attempt of the Native
The Spanish, French, and English colonizers faced obstacles when they settled in the New World. This foreign territory’s native inhabitants challenged the settlers and caused fighting between the two groups. The Spanish, French, and English faced a broad variety of challenges that were unique from one another, however, they were similar in many ways as well. The English fought wars against the Indians for territory, while the French didn’t do this, but they both allied some Indians. The Spanish
Futile Endeavors: The Rise and fall of the Middle Ground Since the dawn of history, mankind have been persistently in relationship with each other. Individuals, families, communities and even cultures have been in consistent alliance with each other. The saying “No man is an island” is true of humanity. In the search for food, land and safety, history is rich with the stories of people “wandering” across the face of the earth in order to gain respite to their craving. There have been chronicles of
city in Tenochtitlan, larger than any European city. The Incas in Peru had massive mountain cities like Machu Picchu. Overall the South American civilizations were more advanced than the ones in North America. On the East Coast, the main group of Indians were the Powhatans, who ruled several other tribes in the area. The Cahokia ruled the land near St. Louis, and a fragile alliance existed between the Algonquian, Iroquois, and Muskogean. These civilizations spoke the same languages (mostly) and were
of identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution, some things had changed while others stayed the same during the time period of 1763-1776. One thing that changed was the relationship between England and its American colonies after the French and Indian War. An aftermath to the French and Indian War was that England changed its attitude with the colonies by starting to enforce taxation and restrictions upon the colonists like never before. This new enforced taxation and restrictions
intense and hysterical witch trials. Historians theorize the Salem witchcraft trials resulted from fear of Indian attacks to religious and political crisis. Indian attacks in New England created mayhem in towns and settlements. As colonists moved further inland, they took over Indian land and pushed Indians further out, creating a tense relationship between the colonists and Indians. After an Indian, Sassamon, was pronounced murdered after not returning from a meeting he was called to in the colony of
The French and Indian War lots of impacts on the relationships between Britain and America. The war completely harmed the entire continent of North America, from the Natives to the army. Some were happy for the economic situation with England while others were upset by the situation. There is not a chance that the war didn’t completely and entirely changed all of America. As a whole, the Native Americans are perhaps the not payed attention to part of North America. The war completely changed how
The American Revolution or also known as the American Revolutionary War is a topic that many historians had argued over as the perspectives of many sides were ignored and over shadowed by the colonists’ point of view. This is because the colonists’ point of view was considered the most important by most people as the colonists were the main force that directly fought with the British in the revolutionary war. But in fact, most of the other groups’ perspectives were important as well because most