USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country lost the most territory in the French and Indian War?
A
France
B
Britian
C
America
D
Germany
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -France lost its mainland possessions to North America. Britain now claimed all the land from the east coast of North America to the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings overseas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Treaty of Paris France ceded Louisiana, including New Orleans, to Spain as compensation. Thus, France, which at the beginning of the war and during its first four years held a dominating position over most of North America, had disappeared from that continent as a political and military power.

Detailed explanation-4: -The terms of the Treaty of Paris were harsh to losing France. All French territory on the mainland of North America was lost.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1763, the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Seven Years’ War, which Britain won, defeating France. By this treaty, France ceded its territories east of the Mississippi River to Britain. This area was made a part of the expanded British West Florida colony.

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