England expanded the war effort and found alliances to help in the war and put themselves in debt trying to beat the French. Quebec and Montreal fall by 1757 and France was finally expelled from Canada after losing to England and their allies. The French only retained Sugar Island in the end. England got the title to Canada and all the
- Prior to the 1760s, the British did not appreciate the values of a coordinated NA policy. - Spanish relied upon the construction of mission and presidios to maintain their presence in California and discourage Russian expansion. Father Junepiro Serra. Sec 7: Battle for the Continent - Also known as the Seven Years War and the French and Indian War. In France, Canada, and Britain its called the Seven Years Wars.
Title Page The War that Made America US History to 1877 It is accurate to say that the French and Indian War shaped America. When the war was being fought, several key things transpired to help develop this country: the colonists defined their own identity as a community, conflicts between colonists and Britain escalated, and the relationship between America and Britain strained as the colonist grew tired of unfair treatment. These three factors vitally changed how the colonists responded to various taxes that Britain imposed upon them. The first two years of the war was close to a “catastrophe” for Britain. In order for Britain to win the war, they needed to alter their war strategies.
The colonist of America to their self no bigger believed they were or wanted to be British citizens so the Americans dragged Britain in 1775 by starting the revolution and the creating their own government in 1776. The French revolution on the other hand was start by a group out of the third estate made of merchants, artisans and professional known as the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie brake out in revolution due to tour major events: desire for a wider political role, the wish for -restraints on the power of clergy, monarchy and aristocracy, population growth and the Poor harvest of 1787-1788. The methods taken by the Americans and the French to achieve revolution were just as different as the causes of each revolution. On the American
The federalist wanted to become allies with Britain, while the anti-federalist wanted to become allies with the French, who had helped them in the Revolutionary War. The most influential leader for the federalists was a man named Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton believed that America should choose to ally with Britain instead of France because he believed that Britain would help America with trade. In Document I, Hamilton states that any man who is apologetic towards France is a fool and traitor. During the 1700s it was serious to be
Explain how the colonies shifted from the notion of being included in the British Empire to the idea that being in it was a threat to their freedom. In the middle part of the 1760s, the British government was still trying to get over the effects of the Seven Years War. Although the war had resulted in a victory for the English, dominating the eastern half of North America, it had cost a lot of money, much of it spent on military campaigns in North America. It had been determined that conflicts between the colonists and the Indians (assisted by the remaining French settlers in the region), required the continuous guarding by British troops in North America. (1) By the end of 1763, the total yearly expense was so great
How to start a revolution: WAR French and Indian War- an misnomer as the war was actually the British against the French and Indians and anyways other country in the world called it otherwise We have to learn about causes if there’s war Why war? The Colonies were becoming valuable to their home nations and worth fighting for. Rivalries were fast developing in the Great lake region over the fur trade and in Newfoundland over fishing rights. The French were friends with the natives. The French have an extensive secret network of spies.
America’s decision to declare independence form Great Britain was both due the change of economic policies and to the development of refining life and liberty. After driving the French out, with help from the Indians and British troops, colonist began to quarrel with Parliament’s insistence of testing the limits of their power in North America. Their control was made difficult when residents decided to smuggle and boycott goods. Eventually, the colonies resistance and loss of patience would lead them directly to independence. The Proclamation of 1763 was the first to anger the colonist.
The year 1763 was marked as a turning point in American History. The war between France and Britain for Colonial dominance in North America had ended. The British now controlled all of the lands discovered in North America but now had the large problem of developing an Imperial program for the much bigger empire. Britain would soon come to learn that the new colonies could determine their own destiny. The colonies had become a melting pot as more and more immigrants came to find a new life in America.
The British throne, trying to pay off it's war debts and for the cost of protecting the colonists from local Native Americans, decided to impose taxes on the American colonists. There was the Revenue Act of 1764 (known to the US as the Sugar Act) that taxed sugar, silks, and wine, the Stamp Tax (imposed later because the Revenue Act did not bring in enough money) which taxed local papers and print services. The