The Seven Years’ War

The Seven Years’ War

The Seven Years’ War started after the French expanded into the Ohio River Valley in the early 1750s, triggering an armed conflict between British colonies and France. British experienced a series of defeats against the French in the first year of the war,1756. Nevertheless, William Pitt, borrowed huge amount of money to fund kitty an expanded war in 1757. William paid the colonies to raise armies in North America and financed Prussia’s struggle and her allies against France. This what kept the way going. French had been evicted from Canada by 1760, and by1763, all of their allies had either been defeated by Prussia or had made a separate peace with them. The Seven Years’ War outcome is among the most significant developments in a century of conflict between British and France, with the British gaining control over Florida and Canada.

Great Britain won the war while France lost. Britain increased its land in North America by having enormous territorial gains. The war changed social, governmental, political, and economic relations between France, British, and Spain; their colonists and colonies; And American Indians that inhabited the territory they claimed. Both Britain and France suffered financially due to the war, with the British almost doubling the national debt. The crown imposed new taxes on its colonies to seek resources to pay off their debts. The stiff resistance by colonists expressing their dissatisfaction over the high taxes led to the American Revolutionary War. In 1978, France returned to support American colonists against Great Britain. In 1789, the monarchy weakened due to the financial burden and military defeat resulting in the French Revolution.