THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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“Indians are the only match for Indians, and without them [on our side] we shall ever fight on unequal terms.”-Colonel George Washington
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“It is truly a miserable thing that we no sooner leave fighting our neighbors, the French, but we must fall to quarreling among ourselves.”-Reverend Samuel Johnson of Connecticut
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“I must confess that in this country, we must comply and learn the art of war from enemy Indians or anything else who have seen the country and war carried on in it.”-British General John Forbes
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“Savages may indeed be a formidable enemy to your raw American militia; but upon the king’s regular and disciplined troops, Sir, it is impossible they should make an impression.”-British General Edward Braddock
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“The English soldiers ____ were struck with such a panic that they behaved with more cowardice than it is possible to conceive ____ The Virginia troops showed a good deal of bravery, and were nearly all killed.”-Colonel George Washington
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Detailed explanation-1: -The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Americans’ victory over the British may have been one of the greatest catalysts for the French Revolution. The French people saw that a revolt could be successful-even against a major military power–and that lasting change was possible. Many experts argue that this gave them the motivation to rebel.
Detailed explanation-3: -The French and Indian War was fought in France, and the American Revolutionary War was fought in America. America was Britain’s ally in the French and Indian War, but they were enemies in the American Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-4: -This war, to a great extent, marked a turning point in the relationship between America and Britain due to the change in economic policies, the restricted expansion, and the limited preservation of trade relations with England.