French Indian War
The prime cause of the French Indian war was the disputes pertaining to the land by both the British and the French sides engaged in the war. The trigger point was the Appalachian region of the North America that was populated by the French men (from Canada) and Englishmen (from British colonies). When the British encroached into the regions occupied by the French (who laid their claim to the rivers of St. Lawrence and Mississippi), the latter became much worried. The representatives on both the sides met in 1750 to solve the territorial disputes but to no avail. The governor general of France was instructed to overtake Ohio Valley in order to remove the British presence from the region in 1752. Simultaneously, the British Lieutenant Governor granted land in the valley to the British citizens, setting up a chain reaction that officially led to the war in 1756.
The British slowly gained an upper hand in the French Indian war. Though the initial advantage lay by the French, they failed to consolidate on the initial gains even after Spain was on its side. The commander in chief of the British forces took over the siege of the two main forts at the places, Crown Point and Ticonderoga. The other British Forces also captured Port Niagara that summer. Quebec was the strongest focus point of the power and hold of France in North America. It was the strongest fort present in Canada. Deep in their hearts, the British knew that the siege of Quebec shall prove to be a turning point for them in the war because if they had captured this strong fort, the breaching of further security and the resulting weakening of the French powers shall soon begin. And the thinking on these lines proved to be really fruitful, the strategy eventually paid off in the form of huge British victories. So, armed with a fleet of nine thousand soldiers and a naval fleet of twenty ships, British combined forces kept on the occupation of Quebec for about three months on an average. After this, slowly Montreal and Detroit also came under siege of the British. The French had to surrender the entire control of North America to the Great Britain.
When the Treaty of Paris was finally signed in 1763, the British received North America (East of the Mississippi) other than the New Orleans. Spain, as a compensation for its giving Florida to the British, was awarded New Orleans and the lands that lay west to the Mississippi. Even after the French Indian war had stopped, the Native American (in the west) and the other Indian hostilities lasted until 1764. After this, peace finally dawned but lasted only a decade until the new war took over. Eventually, the French surrendered to the British.
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