The French and Indian War (The Seven Years' War)

The French and Indian War, or Seven Years' War, seems inevitable when we look at the big picture. It was the culmination of a series of violent conflicts between the French and English that had...

The French and Indian War changed the relationship between the American colonies and Great Britain in two pivotal ways. Most importantly, once the French were expelled from American territories and...

The Seven Years' (in America, French and Indian) War was actually an imperialist war in which Britain, France, and others competed for dominance in Europe, America, and Asia as well. The English...

The French and Indian War impacted the colonies economically. As a result of the war, the British were able to expand their influence in the Ohio Valley. This meant the British would profit even...

The end of the French and Indian War (and the broader Seven Years' War of which it was a part) brought Great Britain to the forefront of the world's imperial powers. In North America, the Crown...

The result of the Seven Years' War was an enormous increase in the power of Great Britain, especially with regard to its chief adversary, France. The British took over Canada, decisively defeating...

One consequence of the Seven Years' War (1754-1763) was that in the Treaty of Paris, the French lost their colonial possessions in North America and ceded control of most of their territories to...

After the French and Indian War, the British gained control of nearly all of North America east of the Mississippi River. This made the British the undisputed colonial power on the continent. They...

The answer to this question varies greatly depending on which European power we discuss. The relationship between Great Britain and the colonies changed significantly. Prior to the war, British...

There were many impacts of the French and Indian War, which was a very significant turning point in world power dynamics. For one thing, the Treaty of Paris, the treaty that concluded the war,...

The French and Indian War completely changed the national dynamics in North America with the British acquiring land and the French being essentially expelled. While this, and the impact of the war...

Britain changed its colonial policies for several reasons in 1763. The first, and perhaps most obvious, is that the Seven Years' War, called the French and Indian War in the colonies, ended with a...

The French and Indian War affected the relationship between the colonists and the British. At first, the colonists were pleased the British were there to fight this conflict against the French and...

The end of the French and Indian War brought a dramatic geopolitical change to North America. In the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763, France ceded all of its territory east of the Mississippi River...

As a result of the Seven Years' War, Great Britain dramatically increased its territorial presence in North America, gaining control of Canada as well as lands west to the Mississippi. In terms of...

The French and Indian War essentially bankrupted the British Government. Parliament belived that the American colonies bore a share of the burden of the war costs that resulted from military...

Native Americans played a significant role in the formative years of the United States' history. During the mid-18th century, the Native Americans aligned themselves with the French settlers, who...

The French and Indian War was an interesting conflict where the Native Americans who had been pushed further West by the British colonists became frustrated and wanted to supplant their oppressors....

The British attitude towards the colonies changed dramatically after the French and Indian War. Before the war, the colonies were allowed more self-government. They were still subject to British...

The British generals in America during the French and Indian War did not value the colonial troops who fought alongside them. After the war, the British rewarded the Native Americans who fought on...

The British colonists in North America aided Great Britain in their struggle against France in the French and Indian War. Since most of the Native American tribes sided with the French in this...

The French and Indian War set the stage for future events that no one could ever have imagined.The economic practice of mercantilism, which insured profit only to the mother country was the...

The British and the American colonies won the contest for North America by winning the French and Indian War. Two major reasons are typically given to explain why the British were able to win this...

The British won the French and Indian War, but it was a costly affair. The British naturally wanted the American colonists to help pay for it, as, from the British point of view, the colonists were...

Since the founding of the earliest British colonies in North America, the colonists had almost always been given a large degree of autonomy over how they governed themselves. Given the great...

The French and Indian War changed the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain in many ways. One was that the territories gained by the British as a result of the war led to almost...

The Seven Years' War left the British severely overstretched in terms of their imperial commitments. This meant that they had to maintain a permanent army on American soil—mainly to keep Native...

The French and Indian War was largely a North American war. It was fought in eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States as well as the Ohio Valley. Most of the hardest fighting took place in...

The French and Indian War was very destabilizing for the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain. This was true for a number of reasons. For one thing, many British officers and royal...

The French and Indian War was the American part of the Seven Years' War between France and Great Britain. The French and Indian War began over a dispute between the British and the French over...

George Washington was only in his early twenties when he participated in the French and Indian War, but he had high hopes to attain some significant benefits from his involvement. First, Washington...

The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was simply the North American theater of the long outstanding conflicts between England and France that flared periodically throughout history. In this case,...

It is important to remember that the French and Indian War, which lasted from 1754-1761, was part of a much larger global conflict, known as the Seven Years' War, a massive struggle between Britain...

It may be true that most colonists were fine with being a colony of Britain. Other than annoyance at taxes, they felt relatively safe and protected. They did not necessarily buy into the ideology...

The French and Indian War was largely caused by competing claims over land in North America between the French and English, as well as the encroachment of English settlers into the area that is now...

“An effort to control the Ohio Country was the most direct cause of the French and Indian War. Britain and France competed to control the valuable fur trade on the North American mainland and the...

The French and Indian War was the American part of a global conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. It broke out over a struggle between the French and British (and...

Although there were substantial casualties among British troops who fought both the French and Indians, and Britain certainly bore most of the financial burdens of the French and Indian War,...

What most weakened the colonial economy was the end of the French and Indian War, which meant that British spending in the colonies slackened. Under the influence of William Pitt, Parliament had...

The French-Indian War, otherwise known as the Seven Years War, is considered by some historians as the first world war, in that it was fought across the globe, in colonies belonging to the French...

One result of the French and Indian War was the ceding by the French to the British of all former French territory west of the Allegheny Mountains, essentially the entire Ohio Valley (and more)....

Prior to the French and Indian War the relationship between the British colonies and Britain was rooted in mercantilism. This economic trade sysytem was designed to enrich the mother country by...

The French and Indian War is brimming with topics to choose from. Here's three that I find especially interesting: The "French and Indian War" was not an isolated North American war. It was simply...

To understand why the war was given this name, we have to first realize who actually called it by that name. It was only the American colonists who called the war by this name. To other people,...

One of the principal reasons behind the hostility between France and England in the mid-18thC. is the way in which each country viewed the territory held by the French, which included almost the...

The major events of the French and Indian War took place outside of the New England colonies. However, these colonies contributed heavily to the war effort. Tens of thousands of New Englanders...

The French and Indian War influenced the subsequent passing of tax laws for the colonies. After the French and Indian War, the colonies were becoming more expensive to operate. The British gained a...

Overall, one would have to say that the regular British forces made a more decisive contribution to the outcome of the French and Indian War. This was mainly due to Great Britain's naval...

The French and Indian War began mainly because of the imperial rivalry between France and Great Britain. Both countries wanted to gain more control over North America. The French and Indian War...

The French and Indian War connects to the Atlantic world in two important ways. First, it removed France from playing a major role in the Americas. Second, it eventually helped to create a new...