The French and Indian War: Braddock and Thereafter

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The paper examines the war that raged in North America through the late 1750's and early 1760's and shows that it was a piece of a large struggle between England and France for dominance in world trade and naval power. The paper discusses the British victory in that struggle, known in Europe as the Seven Years' War , and how it ended the long struggle among the three powers in northeastern North America: The English, the French, and the Iroquois Confederacy. It also shows how it confirmed England's commercial supremacy and its control of the settled regions of North America and helped to establish the development of the frontier and the ever moving progress that was about to begin in America.

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"After the dust settled, England realized they had encountered a huge debt from the war and did not have a way to pay for it. Many government officials from England were already angry because of the lack of money given to them by America in order to help pay for the war. They also failed to provide large numbers of soldiers for battle. After great discussion, the Parliament decided that American colonists should be taxed in order to exercise their part in helping to cover the huge debt England had incurred. Therefore many new taxes were introduced. These taxes included the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, the Townshend act and many others."

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