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Position:Home>History> About the Seven Years War ?Question: About the Seven Years War !? Ok so I researched much about the 7 years war, but i can't figure this out!. What side where the french on!? I think it was Great Britain and the colonies against France and its allies!. but then i think i read that France helped the colonies with Great Britain!.!.!.Im very confused! Please all you know about the 7 years war aka french and indian war (oh yeah what do the indians have to do with it!?) Greatly appreciated!.!.!.thanks!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The Seven Years War was a global conflict, with the French (and their allies, including Spain) on one side, and Great Britain and several German Principalities on the other!. In North America, it's often referred to as the French & Indian War!. The French in Quebec were closely allied with the Iroquois and other tribes, and the employed the Indians to fight alongside them against the British and British Colonists!. The War ended in 1763, and then in 1775 the British Colonists began fighting against the British for their Independence!. The French were willing at first to loan the Colonists money (tin an effort to hurt the British), and then later, when they saw the Colonists meant to win, and had a chance, the French allied with the Colonists in open military cooperation!. Hope this clears it up for you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Basically it was France, Austria, Russia, Sweden and Spain on one side and Great Britain, Hanover and Prussia on the other!. Against the odds, The latter side won due to great tactics on Prussia's part!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) involved all of the major European powers of the period, causing 900,000 to 1,400,000 deaths!. It enveloped both European and colonial theatres from 1756 to 1763, incorporating the Pomeranian War and the French and Indian War which was fought from 1754 to 1763!. Prussia, Electorate Brunswick-Lüneburg, and United Kingdom of Great Britain (including British colonies in North America, the British East India Company, and Ireland) were pitted against Austria, France (including the North American colony of New France and the French East India Company), the Russian Empire, Sweden, and Saxony!. Portugal (on the side of Great Britain) and Spain (on the side of France) were later drawn into the conflict, and a force from the neutral Netherlands was attacked in India!. The war ended France's position as a major colonial power in the Americas (where it lost most of its possessions on the mainland of North America, in addition to some West Indian islands) and its position as the leading power in Europe, until the time of the French Revolution!. Great Britain, meanwhile, emerged as the dominant colonial power in the world!. The French Navy was crippled, which meant that only an ambitious rebuilding program in combination with the Spanish fleet would see it again threaten the Royal Navy's command of the sea!. On the other side of the world, British East India Company acquired thE strongest position within India, which was to become the "jewel in the imperial crown"!. The war was described by Winston Churchill as the first "world war", as it was the first conflict in human history to be fought around the globe, although most of the combatants were either European nations or their overseas colonies!. As a partially Anglo-French conflict involving developing empires, the war was one of the most significant phases of the 18th century Second Hundred Years' War!. The war began with Frederick the Great of Prussia's invasion of Saxony!. Www@QuestionHome@Com |