THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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French and Native Americans defeated the British in open battle.
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two sides were equally matched, and there was no clear winner.
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British beat the French and Native Americans in every encounter.
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French and Native Americans defeated the British because they used tactics like camouflage.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -They respected Native territories, their ways, and treated them as the human beings they were. The Natives, in turn, treated the French as trusted friends. More intermarriages took place between French settlers and Native Americans than with any other European group.
Detailed explanation-3: -The American Indians were fighting to maintain control of their land and their cultural future. The French claimed the Upper Ohio River Valley. They wanted to trade with the American Indians and control the area. The British also claimed the Upper Ohio River Valley.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shortly after winning the French and Indian War, the British government decided to reserve all the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River for Americans Indians. The American colonists were very angry at that decision.