In the spring of 1754, war broke out between the British and French in America. Franklin thought the colonies needed to unite for self-defense against the French and Indians. ... He said, above all, the British must avoid a surprise attack by the French and Indians. ... As a result, the French and Indians ambushed the British. ... With this in mind, in the fall of 1776, he was sent to France to try to talk the French into entering the war on America's side. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Seven Years War between Great Britain and France and its subsequent acts had a substantial impact on British-American relations once the war was over. When France ceded Canada and the Ohio River Valley to Great Britain, the British announced the Proclamation of 1763, "to prevent the colonists from rushing into territories vacated by the French and provoking conflict with the Indians",[Dig141]. ... More turmoil arose from the Seven Years War when England passed the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act in consecutive years. ... Great Britain was suffering from huge war debts and thus taxed ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Beginning in 1775, the American Revolution was probably one of the most influential wars in U.S. history. ... The war started out of a disagreement between the original thirteen colonies and Great Britain. ... Right after the French and Indian War, Britain gained Canada and Florida in the treaty. Since French no longer surrounded the colonies, the colonies no longer need to rely on British forces to help shield them from attack. ... After the French and Indian war there was a sharp change in the way Britain viewed their relationship with the colonies. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"In 1754 he was the delegate from Pennsylvania to the Inter-colonial Congress that met at Albany to address the French and Indian War. ... Franklin knew of the inevitability of war. ... He knew that a change of society was necessary prior to the war because he was aware of the effects that the war would cause on America and England regardless of the outcome. ... Due to the fact that Franklin was respected for his work at home and abroad he made many attempts to receive French and Canadian support during and after the Revolutionary War. Franklin's character made him extremely popular in Fr...

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During King Phillip's War, the settlers and the Indians were fighting. Bands of Indians would invade towns, killing, burning, and capturing the settlers. Mary Rowlandson was a puritan woman who was held captive by Indians. ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... The Civil War greatly impacted this period and more regional writers began to emerge. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

During King Phillip's War, the settlers and the Indians were fighting. Bands of Indians would invade towns, killing, burning, and capturing the settlers. Mary Rowlandson was a puritan woman who was held captive by Indians. ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... The Civil War greatly impacted this period and more regional writers began to emerge. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Without the Revolution America would not be the country it is today, it was one of the most influential wars of all times. Without the war America may have had, to this day, to pay taxes to the British Parliament and exist under their rule. ... After the French and Indian war Britain imposed taxes on its American colonies, without the peoples consent, because the colonies were in debt and Britain needed to regain the revenue. ... And so the American Revolutionary war began in 1775. ... The war was brutal and bloody and there were more than three times as many casualties as there were in ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The British were proud to be English and not French or Dutch. ... War of words starts and open conflict is not far away. ... On December 16, 1773 a group of revolutionaries dressed as Mohawks Indians go aboard and dump 340 chests of tea from an incoming boat, into the harbor. ...

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• Grade Level: High School