The Influence Of William Pitt's War On The Ohio River Valley

Pontiac and the Ottawa Indians Pontiac and the Ottawa Indians were a big factor, they had a key role in what lead up to the Revolutionary War. Pontiac was a great leader for the Ottawa indians. Pontiac, their rebellion, and the Ottawas way of life were very important. Pontiac was born near to the Ottawa River, in 1720. His mom was a Chippewa woman.

The French and Indian war, also called the Seven Years war, was viewed on a world wide screen. The war was fought between the British, the French, the Native American allies, and the colonists. Prior to the war, mostly everything east of the Mississippi River was claimed by either the French or British. The French and Indian war vastly influenced and altered the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its colonies by imposing taxes and regulations unfairly towards the colonies. Which caused the colonists to change their ideology from toleration to resentment toward Britain.

France's expansion through the Ohio River brought conflict with Britain because of claims that those lands were British. The war started when Major George Washington went down to the Ohio River with the goal of delivering a message to a French captain, warning them to withdraw their French troops, although it was obviously rejected, therefore George Washington was told to build a fort near Pittsburgh. However, he was unsuccessful because the French attacked George, so he surrendered. Around two years later the British became allies with the Indians, and many Indian's abandoned their French allies.

Throughout the mid 18th century there was a big argument about land and power between the French and the British. This land included the upper land of the Ohio River Valley as well as the rest because the more land someone had the more power they also had. The reason why they were competing for this land was because the British were feeling threatened due to the fact that the French were taking away the land they felt were theirs by right. This also brought a feeling of threat to the British because the French were gaining power and control in trading. The start of the French and Indian War was caused by the dispute between the French and British about who was going to have more land since the more land someone had, the more powerful they were.

February 10, 1763 Treaty of Paris (French and Indian War) The end of the war has come. The seven years war started by the British declaring war against France. The French had been expanding into the Ohio Valley creating conflict amongst the countries. With the signing of the treaty France lost a lot of land.

But first Great Britain was fighting France. They started the American Revolution by taxing the colonies to much. King George III needed more money to fight the the French. Then Great Britain got into a war with the colonies because of taxing them to much. “ The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s north American colonies and the Colonial government, which represented the British crown.

The French and Indian War altered the relations of the American Colonies and Britain through political, economic, and geographical issues. At the start of the French and Indian War the French owned a big majority of land but the during the war the French lost their land to the English. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 gave the English, the French land of North America (Doc A).

Competition over resources among European societies led to trade and conflict. One such conflict was the French and Indian War. Both the British and the French wanted to control the land, and its resources, located in the Ohio River Valley. The British tried to control Native American trade and gain more land by taking over French forts in the Ohio River Valley. Eventually, the French were kicked out of continental North America when the British won.

This war fought in the years 1754-1763 and most of the conflict was fought in seven of those nine years. Nearly 5,000 people were killed during those nine years of war. In the year 1763, the Treaty of Paris was signed by England, Spain, and France and it ramified in England gaining Florida. But in 1783, the Florida Territory was returned to Spain. Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1819 by signing the Adams-Onis

The war was a turning point of French forces in North America, which confirmed British controlled the half eastern part of North America. The French and Indian war was the favorable to Britain, which balance the power of occupied lands in North America.

In 1759 the British won the Battle of The Plains of Abraham which allowed them to occupy Quebec. Finally the war ended in 17623 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. While the cost of the war and controlling the newly acquired territories was very high the British looked to the colonies to help pay cost which then started the events that led up to the American

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 American Revolution The French and Indian War impacted the American Revolution in many ways. Britain incurred a large debt from the cost of the war and the taxes that they imposed on the colonists created feelings of anger and rebellion that led to the revolution. As a result of the French and Indian war, the British were not at full strength which allowed the actions of the colonists to be more effective. Because of the outcome of the war, France was willing to help the colonists. Without the much needed help from the French the colonist may have never won the war.

Britain had to find a new way of controlling the Colonies. Before the war, England pursued

The war was a result of the French and British’s desire to expand their influence and territory in the