... retaliated and forced Washington to surrender Fort Necessity. In 1758, William Pitt was sent to try and do something in the war against the French. By the end of 1758, Pitt had dramatically turned the tables of the war. In September 1759, British and American forces attacked Quebec and fought for five days. The British ... the Delaware with his troops in a surprise attack on the British in Trenton. The surprise attack worked and it was the first victory for the Americans. On January 7, 1778, the French royal council declared unanimously in favor of a treaty of amity and commerce with t...

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... British considered America to be their sovereign state and it is this attitude that the British had throughout the bitter fighting that took place in the French and Indian war. They believed it was their sovereign right to control and tax this country. The Americans on the other hand had other ideas. ... the Americans that their liberties were no longer safe within the British Empire."(The growth of the American republic vol II p139) As a consequence of the French and Indian war the British realised that the Americans might wish to become free. A British army would have to be stationed o...

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... . One such man, William Pitt, was a man that went beyond what was considered proper. He achieved a great victory for the British in the French and Indian War, among many other great feats. Although nothing he did was perfect in any way, everything he accomplished had a tremendous impact on both ... the government, and he was then dismissed from office. In 1756, Marquis de Montcalm was appointed the commander of the French troops in America. Montcalm changed tactics for the French and shifted procedures entirely, with some help from their Indian alliances. At the time, the Duke of Newcast...

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... empire: Canada and India. Even the Seven Years" War left Britain dominant in Canada. That is why today there can still be found many French speaking places, like Ontario and so on. Robert Clive's military victories against the French and the rulers of Bengal, in the 1750's, provided the British with a massive increase of territory and ensured their future supremacy in India ... Zealand became officially a British colony in 1840. Partly owing to pressure from missionaries, British control was extended to Fiji, Tonga, Papua, and other islands in the Pacific Ocean. When the French complete...

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The Revolutionary War became inevitable when King George III passed the Proclamation Line of 1763. After fighting in the French and Indian War, the colonists had won the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. However, the Proclamation Line of 1763 kept the colonists from settling the new ... . The message behind the proclamation helped lead the colonies to revolution and made a war with Britain inevitable. The colonists had fought with the British army as one force in the French and Indian War, and had expected to enjoy the benefits of victory. Despite their hopes, ...

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... 's pretty much what lead to the American Revolutionary War. There were many events that made the Americans feel the way the felt against the British. One being that after the French and Indian War, the British thought the colonists did not provide enough support for them. But the Americans thought the British military tactics were weak and wanted to be led ... British were simply in debt because it cost so much to govern and defend their large empire and on top of that the costs went up even more durning the French and Indian War. One way they could pay it off was to tax the Americans on...

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... was a move from 84,000 new homes to 240,000 in 1957, this growth development is mainly due to government intervention which was based on Keynes theories. Like Britain, the French government realised that they could help their economy to develop and grow. They introduced polices where the state ran certain large state owned company's and helped increase the strength of ... French industry. This first happened in the area of power supplies, there capacity of electricity increased five folds between 1946 and 1970, and they have also supplies of atomic energy. Between ... ...

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... Molasses Act of 1733. This Act imposed a duty of nine pence per gallon on rum, six pence per gallon on molasses, and five shillings per hundredweight of sugar imported from French or Spanish colonies. The was no tax put on british rum, molasses, or sugar imported from British Colonies. The British, trying to control the american colonies, were largely ineffective. The ... ...

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... from the rich and wealth or stave. There were many reasons to colonise Australia, and one was for military reasons. Botany Bay was used as a navel base to keep the French from claiming any of the land and was essential as a refitting port for the South Seas. This in turn boosted England's interest in the Pacific, especially after the loss of ... ...

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... : Conflict between Britain and the American colonies began in the 1760s when the British government decided to raise revenues by imposing taxes on the American colonies, to pay for the French and Indian War. In 1764, the Sugar Act was passed, and may colonist were unwilling to pay the required tax. In 1765, the British Parliament passe the Stamp Act, providing ... ...

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