Friday, October 3, 2014

How did Britain and its colonies view their joint victory over France in the Seven Years' War?

Seven Years’ War” Major French-British conflict known in North America as the French and Indian War” ” Boyer page 92”. Both Britain and France did emerged from king George’s wars so each one prepared for another war. France decided to regain control of Virginia and Pennsylvania Indian trade, Virginian sent George to demand that the French abandon their forts. Then, French decided to go back to their homes again. “France and Britain remained at peace in Europe until 1756, Washington’s clash with the French had created a virtual state of war in North America””Boyer page 93”. In 1754 Britain dispatch General Edward Braddock and some regulars to take Fort Duquesne. Then, there was fight which ended up with nine hundred soldiers and colonists died including the General.

In the Treaty of Paris of 1763, France give up all its territories on the North American. After that, French colonists from Quebec to Louisiana became British or Spanish citizens. They called the end of French in North America (1760-1763). Also, that led to increase of Spain land size and became Spain’s New World Empire. British victory over the French was useful for increase their land size and citizens. However, the worse victory was drove the British debt even higher during spending a lot of money on wars. So, British stopped distributing food and ammunition to their Indian allies and it led to fear and wars. Moreover, British government sent many regulars troop to occupy the lands that France had ceded to intimidate the Indians.  

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