Seven Years' War

From the early 1700s until the start of the Seven Years’ War in 1754, Great Britain and its colonies did not have a mutually beneficial relationship due to mercantilism and the 1651 Navigation Acts, which restricted the American colonies’ trade partners to only their mother country. This greatly narrowed their their trade options while simultaneously enriching the crown with the wealth of thirteen other territories. The French and British maintained several differences in their colonization of…

After the Seven Years’ War broke out in Europe, America was on the verge of having a war of its own. The root of this conflict started over disputed ownership of the Ohio River Valley, (which was an important area, because it contained the Ohio River which could greatly increase trade in the colonies). Both England and France claimed the area. Soon this argument over the ownership of the Ohio River Valley, paired with an already existing war between the two powers in Europe led to the French and…

The Seven Year War was between the French and British when France’s extension into the Ohio River brought a series of battles that led to British declaring war in 1756. Cost of the war had caused Britain to go into a debt of £133 million by borrowing from (whoever they borrowed from). To help solve this issue, British politicians had decided to tax their colonies throughout the globe. The American colonies, however, weren’t in favor of this. American colonies were in an economic depression, due…

During the Seven Years’ War, the British and French military were able to witness firsthand the savagery of the Native American tribes. The Europeans, who primarily practiced what they called “civilized warfare”, found the Indians style of fighting much too barbaric. Instead of face to face combat, the Indians liked to use surprise tactics and ambushes. Many of the Europeans found this style of fighting cowardly, that they could not face their enemy in combat face to face. But this did not at…

Seven Years’ War The Seven Years’ War was the conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France. French and Indian Was the alternative name for this issue. Thankfully, the Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended the war. Disputes over paying the war’s expenses led to the American Revolution. The war affected the coming of the American Revolution because it led the English to increase taxes to pay for new wars, which was ultimately the straw that broke the camel's back. Something some…

It was six years later, during the Seven Years’ War that Bermudian privateers found themselves again trying to bolster Britain’s naval forces. As previously mentioned, the relations between France and Britain after the War of Austrian Succession were far from affable and shifting loyalties amidst the nations of Europe eventually sparked the powder keg of war. The Seven Years War in particular was hugely important in terms of British Maritime power. “Control of the sea was instrumental to the…

a military success conquering Saxony on September 10, Frederick II, King of Prussia wrote on October 26, 1756, “The enemy apparently made more mistakes than my officers, to the point where, this year, we have succeeded. However, this whole campaign is but the arrangement of the chessboard. This coming year, the game will begin and it is a difficult task that I have proposed to myself to be wise still.” Frederick had now to await the forthcoming of the next campaign, when France, Austria, Sweden…

the colonists wouldn’t have had the slightest of chances in defeating the British. Out of all the nations the colonists took help from, France served the greatest role. They themselves had a harboring hatred for the British dating back to the Seven Years War and it showed when they were willing to send thousands of weapons and even some of their best military officers to the colonies. That too, the French were risking all their assets when they formed a shell corporation, The Roderigue Hortalez…

Question 1 The invasion of the Americas was a long drawn out process. It took many years for a successful attempt was made at colonizing the Americas. Starting with the Spanish and Cortes, in 1519, an attempt was made by the Spanish conquistadors to take over Tenochtitlan. The conquistadors were primarily around to steal money and goods and split it with the Spanish government. Cortes took along with him, eleven ships, five hundred men, and thirteen horses to the Yucatan try and conquer the…

Representation The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, took place on May 15, 1756. This war brought to England more land in America and any English Subjects living in America had more land and more money. However, the outcome of the war was not only a victory to Great Britain but also debt to the country. As the name described, the war lasted seven years and for seven years, a country had to willingly provide any military material needed. The costs…