Essay On French And Indian War

French and Indian War

One of the most prominent and influential wars leading to the American Revolution was the French and Indian War. This war setup the building blocks for a disagreement between the British North American Colonies and Great Britain’s Monarchy. The war initially began in 1756 when the British declared war on the French for their constant expansion into the Ohio River Valley. The war consisted of approximately five major battles or events, and these battles were General Braddock at Fort Duquesne in 1755, Battle of Fort Oswego in 1756, Massacre at Fort William Henry in 1757, Battle of Quebec in 1759, all of Montreal in 1760, and British capture Havana, Manila from Spain in 1762. The French, Native Americans, British Colonists, and British took part in each battle. The French and Shawnee, Lenape, Ojibwa, Ottawa, and the Algonquin peoples fought on one side, while the British, British Colonists, and Iroquois, Catawba, and the Cherokee fought on the other.

Of all the battles and events that occurred during the war, the most influential battle to the future of the colonies and the world was the battle that ended with the British capture Havana, Manila from Spain in 1762 because it sealed the fate of

the French and Spanish in the North Americas, resulted in the capturing of a prominent and important naval base for the Spaniards, ended the battles of the French and Indian War, was the last battle that was ever fought with the North American British Colonies and Britain being together.
Right around the battle of the British capture of Havana, Manila from Spain the French was losing the French and Indian war. Suffering defeats in a majority of the battles after 1757 France’s allies soon started to drop significantly, and the French’s future in North America almost futile. However, Spain, a long-time enemy of Britain, decided to step in and help in defeating the colonials and Britain. Despite having the hope of defeating Britain and helping France, as Spain entered the war as a French ally, it suffered many defeats from British naval forces. As a result of this loss, in the Treaty of Paris of 1763, France lost all of its territory in North America, Britain gained all of the land east of the Mississippi River, and Spain gained the land west of the Mississippi. This pathed the way for the future of all European countries’ influences on current states and people in North America, as well as the future events that will occur in the future in both North America and Europe. For example, not too long after the battle the land of Havana, Manila was traded to the Spanish in exchange for Florida as part of the peace treaty in 1763. All-in-all, the British capture of Havana, Manila was a crucial ending point and significant piece of land in the future for both European countries and North American colonies.
Havana, Manila in addition to being a colony charged by the Spanish and being important to the Spanish it was also a prominent naval base, and its loss would result in an extensive blow to the power and capability of the Spanish Naval forces. Not only does this capturing of the base allow for Great Britain to get that much closer to defeating the Spaniards and their attempt at flipping the odds to the French side, but with the naval base under the power of Great Britain, Spain is going to want that base back and eventually as a result Great Britain will profit a piece of land that they want. In conclusion, the capture of Havana or the naval base was an important piece to the defeat of the French and Spanish and the overall attaining of Florida later on in 1763.
The capture of Havana, Manila was not only a significant piece of land that was attained, but a battle that put an end to a war lasting seven years by name but nine years before the actual Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 in Paris. There were three main reasons to why this battle put an end to the lasting so long. Primarily, the British forces defeated the Spanish naval forces that were to be reinforcements or a “plan b” since France was losing in abundance to the British forces. However, since the British triumphed over the Spanish naval forces, all hope of defeating the British forces in North America was crushed. Therefore, the French had agreed to surrender and the war was over, but not officially, at least until the Treaty of Paris signing in 1763. The second major reason that this was the last battle was that originally Havana was a Spanish colony; however, after the battle it was captured. With this taken into consideration the Spanish did not want to lose any more land or possessions to the powerful British forces. As a result the Spaniards decided to back off to ensure there were no more loss of lives or land. Lastly, this battle marked the ending of the French Indian War because as the realization of not being able to defeat Great Britain came to Spain, Spain decided to negotiate with Great Britain so that they could come up with some type of benefit from the war. Therefore, from this battle the Spanish were able to see that if they ended right there and then they could attain land and hopefully get there Havana back during the treaty. All-in-all, the battle in which Britain Captures Havana, Milana from Spain was a marker for the end of the French and Indian War due to British forces crushing France’s plan B, British forces capturing an important piece of land from the Spanish, and lastly, the Spanish hope of ending it on the good side and getting some land or benefits from the entire conflict.
The French and Indian War consisted of numerous battles and defeats on both sides. However, through every single defeat, one factor stood strong and forceful. This force was the unity felt between the colonists of Great Britain. It was due to this war that they had to unite together to fight a common enemy. It was because of this war that they built up colonial militias and after defeating the French, and then defeating the Spanish on their own soil that they gained confidence in their fighting abilities. It is from this increase in confidence that the future of the American Colonies is initiated. Along with the increase of confidence, came an increase of debt for Great Britain. In fact, for the country to have the capability and power to defeat the Spanish Armada the British government had borrowed a large sum of money from others. As of course any government would, Great Britain became dependent on its citizens to pay for the high debt that they put themselves into. The government became especially dependent on the colonial citizens because they believed that since this war was fought for their freedoms and rights to the land that they would be thankful. Taxation then became extremely high on the colonists. Colonists became extremely unhappy with these new taxations due to their absence of representation in the British government. Consequently, the colonists will eventually resort to one solution. They will eventually decide to use this new felt unity and power to separate from Great Britain. Although, they alone would not be able to defeat Great Britain, so a very vengeful France steps in to help after Great Britain had kicked it out of North America during the French and Indian War. Hence, it is from the funding needed for the capture of Havana and other battles that the debt and need for higher taxation increased. It is due to these factors that a force as small the colonies are pushed to revolt and separate from Great Britain. All-in-all, the cost of the capture of Havana and all other battles resulted in the unity and eventual revolt of the colonists.
During the French and Indian War numerous battles and conflicts occurred.

Each battle with its own effects and significance. Accordingly, one of the most significant battles was the British capturing of Havana, Manila from Spain in 1762. This battle was not only significant in the manner that it was a battle that ended the war but it was a battle that had a large domino effect on the globe as a whole. This battle had four major consequences which included sealing the fate of the French and Spanish in the North Americas, the capturing of a prominent and important naval base for the Spaniards, ending the battles of the French and Indian War, and being the last battle that was ever fought with the North American British Colonies and Britain being

together.
Each effect impacted either the war or the world in its own way. The French were kicked out of North America and the Spanish given Louisiana and Havana, Milana as a result. Additionally, the base on Havana was so important to the Spanish that they ended up trading Florida for the base in return. Furthermore, the battle of Havana, Milana ended the French and Indian war because the spirits and hopes of the Spanish and French were crushed by the defeat. Lastly, Havana’s battle along with other battles created a certain unity among the colonies that would be used to separate from Great Britain along with the French’s help. All-in-all, the capture of Havana from Spain by the British was an extremely significant battle in the French and Indian War and lead to even more significant effects in the future including the creation of one of the world’s strongest and most influential countries today, the United States of America.