THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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In Britain the string of French victories had allowed William Pitt, a formidable British statesman who had been sidelined by his political enemies, to assume control of the British war effort. He saw correctly that, despite the spread of the Anglo-French war to other parts of the world, victory in North America was the supreme task in hand, and he zealously dedicated himself to that end. William Pitt made the decision that winning French and Indian War, the conflict in North America, was the key to
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winning the global conflict [The Seven Years War] that the French and Indian War had become.
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ending the war early with minimal casualties on both sides.
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expanding the British Empire to the entire world.
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limiting French influence in North America to Canada.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What decision did Prime Minister William Pitt during the French and Indian War that would lead to Parliamentary sovereignty after the war was over? Britain didn’t strictly control North American colonies and allowed them to create their own colonial assemblies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The English army, led by General Eyre Coote, completely destroyed the French army led by Count de Lally and imprisoned Marquis de Bussy. Lally gallantly fought Pondicherry for eight months before surrendering on January 16, 1761.
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