THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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The French treated the Indians with more respect
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The British were more generous to the Indians
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The French were more warlike and aggressive
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The British viewed the Indians as trading partners; the French viewed them as enemies
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Detailed explanation-1: -The French treated the Indians with more respect. The British were more generous to the Indians. The British viewed the Indians as trading partners; the French viewed them as enemies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British used a very “European style” type of fighting during the war. The British would fight in a linear formation and were defined by their bright red coats, which were easily seen by enemies even in dense wilderness. The French adapted the Native American “guerrilla” tactics during the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The American colonists had worked together during the French and Indian War making it easier to work together against the British government. Many Americans gained military experience during the French and Indian War. The French joined the American Revolution to get revenge on the British.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British were afraid of the French and their Indian allies because their attacks were brutal and they burned and destroyed settlements in their path. Eventually, the French destroyed a settlement within sixty miles of Philadelphia, a central city in the American colonies.