Historical Foundations - French and Indian War

Question 1

French and Indian War

Answer 1

• 1754-1763
• French against the British
• America wanted to be protected from the French
• Great Britain and France were fighting over modern day Pennsylvania and Ohio
• before the war, colonists payed taxes to Great Britain to be protected
• England eventually won, but the colonists rebel when they don’t want to pay taxes
• Native American tribes allied with the French
• Britain possessed Canada prior to the war