AP US History

The French and Indian War was momentous because it helped Americans gain a feeling

of nationalism which led to America later gaining its independence from the British Empire.​ ​In​

​the document​ ​"The​ ​Real​ ​First​ ​World​ ​War​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Making​ ​of​ ​America,"​ ​Fred​ ​Anderson,​ ​the

author​ ​provides​ ​the​ ​reader​ ​with​ ​many​ ​valid​ ​statements​ ​regarding​ ​the​ ​Seven​ ​Year​ ​War. Fred​

​Anderson,​ ​believes​ ​the​ ​war​ ​had​ ​help​ ​lay​ ​a​ ​base​ ​and​ ​shape​ ​America.​ ​The​ ​French and​ ​Indian​ ​War​

​was​ ​critical​ ​because​ ​it​ ​had​ ​been​ ​a​ ​part​ ​in​ ​leading​ ​Colonial​ ​America​ ​to gain​ ​independence​ ​and​

​break​ ​away​ ​from​ ​Great​ ​Britain.

The​ ​winning​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Seven​ ​Years​ ​War​ ​was​ ​a​ ​great​ ​accomplishment.​ ​It​ ​had​ ​allowed for​ ​the​

​Colonies​ ​to​ ​expand​ ​West.​ ​ ​In​ ​the​ ​document​ ​Anderson​ ​mentions​ ​Native​ ​Indians not​ ​being​ ​happy​

​with​ ​the​ ​outcome​ ​of​ ​the​ ​war,​ ​considering​ ​they​ ​had​ ​allied​ ​with​ ​the French.​ ​The​ ​native​ ​people​

​knew​ ​that​ ​they​ ​were​ ​doomed,​ ​because​ ​leading​ ​up​ ​to​ ​the​ ​the war​ ​Indians​ ​had​ ​been​ ​decreasing​ ​in​

​population.​ ​The​ ​aftermath​ ​of​ ​the​ ​war​ ​was​ ​not​ ​in​ ​the colonists​ ​favor,​ ​Great​ ​Britain​ ​had​ ​laid​ ​an​

​additional​ ​tax,​ ​“The​ ​Stamp​ ​Act”​ ​to​ ​cover​ ​the dept​ ​of​ ​the​ ​war.​ ​Also​ ​the​ ​“Quartering​ ​Act”​ ​was​

​another​ ​unfavored​ ​part​ ​the​ ​colonists disliked​ ​about​ ​Great​ ​Britain.​ ​All​ ​these​ ​acts​ ​led​ ​to​ ​the​ ​British​

​Colonies​ ​wanting​ ​to​ ​gain independence.​ ​The​ ​war​ ​itself​ ​was​ ​not​ ​the​ ​turning​ ​point,​ ​the​ ​treatment​

​following​ ​from​ ​the Parliament​ ​and​ ​King​ ​was​ ​the​ ​rising​ ​action. All​ ​events​ ​after​ ​were​ ​leading​ ​up​ ​to​

​the​ ​independence​ ​of​ ​America.​

​Anderson​ ​says,​ ​“the​ ​fate​ ​of the​ ​native​ ​peoples​ ​ ​is​ ​a​ ​melancholy​ ​historical​ ​inevitability.”​

​Even​ though,​ ​they​ ​allied​ ​with the​ ​French,​ ​the​ ​British​ ​Empire​ ​was​ ​too​ ​strong​ ​for​ ​the​ ​war.​ ​After​ ​the​

​war​ ​colonist​ ​felt liberated and shared a feeling of togetherness that they used to their advantage.​
By having the French and Indian war colonists had a basic understanding of how their war was

going to work going into the American Revolution, and this led to their success.