THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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He married a Native American woman and earned their trust.
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He helped the French by sending them money and persuading the Natives to side with the French.
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He sent supplies to the Native Americans to help them fight against both the French and the British.
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He sent money to the British colonies, his best generals, and also paid the colonists to fight.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He believed North America was critical for England’s global domination. Pitt turned recruitment and supplies over to local authorities in America and promised to reimburse them for their efforts. He committed more troops and juggled the command, replacing old war heroes with vigorous young ones.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pitt’s plan for the 1760 campaign was ambitious and planned to be decisive: to take Montreal and the rest of Canada, and bring the war to a successful conclusion. For this effort he would need all the troops he could get, and he again turned to the American colonies for manpower.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pitt is best known as the wartime political leader of Britain during the French and Indian War, especially for his single-minded devotion to British victory over France, which, when achieved, made Britain dominant in world affairs.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was an effect of William Pitt’s taking charge of the British war effort during the Seven Years’ War? The tide of the war turned to favor the British. (With Pitt’s plan to pour troops and supplies into North America, British and colonial forces began to beat back the French in the colonies and Canada.)