The French and Indian War

These is a picture, showing a representation of the French and Indian War.

The French and Indian war isn’t exactly what we think. These war was not between the French and the Indians, it was between and the French that allied with the Indians, and the British. This war was also known as “the seven year war.” This war lasted from 1754 to 1763.

     
       This war began because both, French and Indians claimed not to move from the territory they were using, for fur trade. In 1750 the French soldiers captured many English trading points, and they also built fort Duquesne.  Later in 1754 George Washington and a small force of Virginia militiamen tried to take over that same fort, hoping to lead the French out of their territory, although when he got there he realized the fort was too strong to capture it. Knowing that, he built the fort necessity, he said that if he could not take over fort Duquesne, we would contest their presence with a new fort.

     On July 3, 1754 a combined army of French and Indians took over fort necessity marking these as the beginning of the French and Indian war in the new world. Initially, the British suffered many lost, between 1756-1757, the French destroyed forts on Lake Ontario and Lake George. Without knowing what to do, the British found a military solution to the problem, they stopped the shipping’s from France to The new world. These weekend the French, because they didn’t have more weapons, munitions, and supplies. Besides, they couldn’t keep allied with the Indians, because know that the shipping stopped, they didn’t have anything to offer the Indians for their help. The British captured Quebec in 1759 and Montreal in 1760.

In 1763, the treaty of Paris was signed, the British proclaimed themselves with the victory.