THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Raise taxes in Britain only.
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Tax the colonists.
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Sell military weapons to other countries to raise money.
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Make the French pay for the debt.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pitt is best known as the wartime political leader of Britain in the Seven Years’ War, especially for his single-minded devotion to victory over France, a victory which ultimately solidified Britain’s dominance over world affairs.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -The tide turned in 1757 because William Pitt, the new British leader, saw the colonial conflicts as the key to building a vast British empire. Borrowing heavily to finance the war, he paid Prussia to fight in Europe and reimbursed the colonies for raising troops in North America.