American Revolution and Colonists

This war between the French and the British took seven years; the local forces that comprised of the Native Americans were allied to the French during this period. There are several causes of these war which included; the desire for territorial expansion where both colonial masters(French and British) laid claims for the territorial stretch from the Mississippi River up to the Appalachian Mountains, Religious views where the British were protestants while the majority of the French were Catholics (Zinn, 1995). The British feared the control of the French over North America could bring the papal influence that infringed the British religious freedom provided by the English law. The French and Indian immensely contributed to the American revolution. Firstly it led to the increased debt due to British military heavy spending during the war where the Britons imposed high taxes on the Americans to suppress the big capital loss during the war (Edmund & Hellen, 1998). Secondly the colonists felt secure after the war and did not need protection from the British Military anymore. Thirdly the war gave the colonists enough military experience that could enable them fight the British military; lastly the negative experiences of during the war caused the Americans to develop a negative mentality towards the British.

The French and Indian war 1754-1763