Why did Britain defeat France in the Seven Years' War?

Question 1

British STRENGTHS (abroad)

Answer 1

• Pitt appointed as PM in 1757
• adopted a global strategy
• sent Amherst and Wolfe to America
• sent 25,000 troops & money for 25,000 militia men to America
• captured Quebec
• got Hawke to patrol the English Channel, he secured victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay (1759)
• gained Native American support and turned them against the French

Question 2

The colonists/British STRENGTHS

Answer 2

• Pitt ended the policy of GB officers taking precedence over colonial officers regardless of rank
• ensured that the colonies were reimbursed for war expenses

Question 3

British STRENGTHS (at home)

Answer 3

• established militias to protect GB from France
• paid Frederik the Great of Prussia to attack France
• secured loans and raised taxes to pay for the war
• enabled him to maintain high troop numbers abroad

Question 4

Colonist STRENGTHS

Answer 4

• limited role in the fighting
  HOWEVER…
• built forts and roads and so freed up the GB troops

Question 5

French WEAKNESSES

Answer 5

• smaller in number
• inhabited less fertile
• had to increase reliance on supplies from France
• lost the support of the Native Americans