The French and Indian War

The final Colonial War (1689-1763) was the French and Indian War, which is the name given to the American theater of a massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden called the Seven Years War. The conflict was played out in Europe, India, and North America. In Europe, Sweden , Austria, and France were allied to crush the rising power of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America, the Caribbean, and in India. The English did ultimately come to dominate the colonial outposts, but at a cost so staggering that the resulting debt nearly destroyed the English government. It was that debt that caused the escalation of tensions leading to the Revolutionary War. Parliament was desperate to obtain two objectives; first, to tax the colonies to recover monies expended on the battle over North America, and second to restore the profitability of the East India Company in an effort to recover monies spent on the battle over India.

Facts
French and English over the Ohio River Valley fighting to control that area. Jorge Watshington comanded the trups for the Biritish against the French. This war was named the French and Indian war because they were against the British for 7 years. First the British suffured losses.
- 1756-1757 France destroyed the British forts around Lake Antartic and Lake George.Indians raited settlements on the Frontier.
-1758-1759 The British manage to cut off the shipping to the Americas.A a result the Indians desert the French allowing the British to gain force.
- 1760 The British capture Montereal and forced the goverenor general surrend. So the British have succeded.
- 1763 they signed the treaty of Paris; it said that British will keep Canada,The Great Lakes,County the Chaio River Valley,and Florida,The mississsippi river becomes a baundery between the territories.