THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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The British gained the land after defeating the French army.
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The French gained the land after defeating the British army.
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The colonists gained the land by fighting with the French and British.
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The British and French gave the land to the colonists in exchange for an agreement to pay taxes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Treaty of Paris of 1763 (not to be confused with the Treaty of Paris of 1783 that ended the American Revolution) awarded the Ohio River Valley and present-day Canada to the English Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -What was the main cause of the French and Indian War? The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.