THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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the British gained all the land west of the Mississippi River
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Spain gained all the land west of the Mississippi River
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France gained all the land west of the Mississippi River
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -French territories west of the Mississippi would become Spanish, along with the port of New Orleans. In return for these cessions, along with territory in India, Africa, and the Mediterranean island of Minorca, France would regain the Caribbean islands that British forces had captured during the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French and Indian War ended on February 10, 1763 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. France was forced to give up all of its North American territory. Britain gained all of the land east of the Mississippi River and Spain gained the land west of the Mississippi.
Detailed explanation-3: -Two crucial provisions of the treaty were British recognition of U.S. independence and the delineation of boundaries that would allow for American western expansion.
Detailed explanation-4: -In North America, Spain received Florida, which it had lost in the Seven Years’ War.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation.