The French and Indian War started in 1753 even though the war was not officially declared by either state until 1754. This conflict in Europe is called the "Seven Years War"; which is not exactly true because the Treaty of Paris was Signed in 1763. Some historians even call it the first World War. In the mid seventeen hundred two main powers of Europe, the French and the English had made it to the new continent of North America and have settle colonies for trade and the ability to expand their influence as well as territories. These two powerhouses of Europe have never gotten along in their long history up into this point. The "balance of power was crucial not only to the Government but also to its people. The British had the thirteen original …show more content…
This allowed the French to take the main hold on trade routes using the Ohio River system linking them to the oh so crucial Mississippi River. The English settlers of the colonies; especially those of Virginia who had been promised this land in expansions to the East saw this has a hostile action. Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre the commanding officer at Fort Le Boeuf openly accepted a small British expedition who was led by a young major; twenty-one-year-old George Washington who was sent to deliver a letter informing impending repercussions from the English if the French did not leave the Ohio Valley. Saint-Pierre refused this request which led Washington to return and write about his journey which sparked the importance of war not only to the colonist but the English people. (The first blood was drawn Washington when he heard of a French detachment was coming to meet his two-hundred plus group at The Great Meadows. The French had lost ten and twenty-one captured while the English only lost one.)(W.C#2 Pg.51-52) However one the natives leaders named by the Iroquois as ‘Half King took it upon him self to kill French leader, Ensign Joseph de Jumonville during negotiations. This was the call of war for the
A very interesting time after the French and Indian War. There were a lot of things that caught my attention in this chapter. One being the fact that the French and local tribes worked together to fight the British as well as trade and supply one another for survival. Another was how Pontiac’s Rebellion and the Paxton Boys’ were early American race wars. It is not surprising that no one could identify or wanted to identify any of the murderers from the Paxton Boys.
Captain Campbell felt uneasy about the new rules and laws the British had put into place, knowing that this might upset the Native Americans. As tension grew there was talk of how the French and the Spanish were going to unite to push the British out of North America. This talk had gotten many Indians to prepare for war and to choose sides of the war that might become. Chief Pontiac had felt that he must stay loyal to the French who had shown him generosity and kindness.
The history of America is riddled with wars. With reasons being from land rights to independence. The French and Indian War was one of the first wars within American History. This was the first war to be over land, but not the last within United States history. The French and Indian War included the French and Indians on one side, and the American and the British on the other.
with colonial rivalries still heated between The second was the colonial rivalries between Britain, France and Spain, this was known in America as the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War was the American phase of a worldwide nine years’ war (1754–63) fought between France and Great Britain. (The more-complex European phase was the Seven Years’ War [1756–63].) It determined control of the vast colonial territory of North America. Three earlier phases of this extended contest for overseas mastery included King William’s War (1689–97), Queen Anne’s War (1702–13), and King George’s War
It was fought between Britain and France from 1754 to 1763 for colonial dominance in North America. British officials tried to rally public opinion for the war at the Albany Congress in 1754 but mustered only half hearted support throughout the colonies. Nevertheless, American colonists dutifully fought alongside British soldiers, while the French allied themselves with several Native American tribes (hence the name “French and Indian War”). This war ended after the British captured most of France’s major cities and forts in Canada and the Ohio
French and Indian War The French and Indian War was quite confusing for its name. This war was not the conflicts between the French and the Indians; it actually was a general term of series battles that England fought against France for the control right of the North America. At that time, these two countries stayed in peace. However, the British alerted that the French attempted to seize the opportunity to conquer this land by military ways. The France forces built several military forts to claim the ownership of the Ohio Valley region.
Young George was two years old when North America’s French and Indian War began in 1754 (Ketchum 1). Elimination of the French dominance in North America, created a desire by settlers to move westward,
Eventually, the british moved into the Ohio River Valley and caused the Iroquois Confederacy to upset the french and British
George Washington surveyed the land area (Garrets county’s northern and southern parts) and Indian trials to the Virginian named Lord Fairfax during the 18th century. Washington used the Indian trails (direct routes) to Fort Cumberland to over the mountains to “Fort Duquesne.” This was during the French and Indian War, and Indian trials were a way to guide General Braddock, which the French defeated him. In the French and Indian War to guide General Braddock. However, the French defeated him and latter few settlers came including John Friend and his brothers who settled in the Youghiogheny River which became Friendsville in 1765.
Both the English settlers and the French settlers thought they owned the rights to the land. France claimed the Ohio River Valley as New France, while England considered it part of Virginia. Both sides wanted this area because of the profitable fur trade. The British also wanted it for settlements. The British colonists thought their religious freedom would be in danger if the French had control, because their holdings were controlled by the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
In order to know and explain the significance of the French and Indian war, we first must look at what it was, how it started and what was the outcome. The French and Indian war was a disagreement that started between two European countries: France and Great Britain. This war is also called the seven-year war. By starting this war, Great Britain gained control of North America. However, not following the rules about frontiers led to a disagreement.
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.
George Washington's failure to capture the forks of the Ohio River is a significant moment in American history. It occurred in 1754, during the French and Indian War, which was fought between the French and British for control of North America. Washington was a young and inexperienced military officer, leading a small force of soldiers in an attempt to secure the strategic location of the forks of the Ohio River. Unfortunately, he failed in this mission, which had significant consequences for the course of the war and the future of the United States. Reflecting on Washington's failure, I can draw some parallels to my own life.
The French-Indian War of 1754-1763 resulted in political, ideological, and economic alterations within Britain and its American colonies. The French and Indian War, also referred to as The Seven Years War, began with British and French conflicts across the Ohio River Valley, as both nations wanted to claim the land for themselves. The first blood of the French-Indian War began with multiple British failures, including Washington’s dreadful defeat at Fort Necessity and General Braddock’s failed attempt at conquering Fort Duquesne, in which he died along with two-thirds of his army (Document C). The British would, however, gain momentum in 1759 with multiple victories, including their most significant triumph, Quebec.
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