THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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They were not involved in the war although battles were fought in the colonies
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The colonies helped the British defend their land holdings in America
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The natives and colonists allied together to fight France and Great Britain
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The colonists traveled to Europe to fight the war in France
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the French and Indian War, the American colonists had acted together under the command of the British military to fight the American Indians and the French. Now the colonists were coming together to protest how the British government was treating them.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the resulting Treaty of Paris (1763), Great Britain secured significant territorial gains in North America, including all French territory east of the Mississippi river, as well as Spanish Florida, although the treaty returned Cuba to Spain.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, some Indian tribes allied with the British, including the Iroquois Confederacy (made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora people) along with some other tribes. Though the war seesawed back and forth, the British were ultimately victorious and defeated the French.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Shawnee tribe, who lived in the Ohio River Valley, were allies and trading partners with the French, serving as scouts and soldiers for France during the French and Indian War.