The French and Indian War Leading to Independence In the days when the mighty British Empire spanned out over the world with colonies covering land across thousands of miles of ocean, it was said by many that the sun never sets on the British Empire. In the middle of the eighteenth century, the last great clash between Great Britain and France tore across a continent three thousand miles away. Once again, the supreme British showed who was most powerful, but this time, many eyes of the New World inhabitants were opened. Did they really need the British to survive, or was it that Britain needed them? I believe this war sparked the American Revolution.
At this point in the history of the world, nobody had ever seen a war with the credentials held by the French and Indian War. As the first "ÃÂglobal war' unfolded, the number of troops grew to record breaking proportions.
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English: Schematic map of the French and Indian Wa...
English: Map showing territorial gains of Britain ...World War I as we know it might be more properly referred to as World War II. This seven year affair involved two world powers along with a nation-to-be full of pioneers in addition to an entire race of American Natives. The rivalry for American soil between the British and the French was long running and is probably the fundamental grounding for the cause of the war. More generally, the dispute over the Ohio River Valley could sum up the spark that started the war between these groups.
At that time, Britain was hailed to be a huge world power. A phrase heard all too often in that time states, "the sun never sets on the British empire."� The French and Indian War would lead to a Proclamation that stirred much controversy in the colonies. This sparked a united period of disobedience, which would eventually...