The French and Indian War

It just so happened that some of the Indians allied with one of these countries and ended up fighting also. It was really just one campaign out of the Seven Year’s War. The war actually lasted nine years (1754-1763). It also made a tremendously impact and changed the way that the colonist looked at their motherland country. Despite the other foreign campaigns, the French and Indian War had causes, events, and outcomes that made it different from them.

There was primarily one cause of the French and Indian War. It was pretty much a fight over the Ohio River valley. The Virginia land speculators acquired a large land grant in the Ohio Valley in 1749. To protect the land, the Virginians made a fort along the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela rivers. The site became the modern day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The French thought that the land was theirs so they drove the Virginians off and named the uncompleted fort. At that, Governor Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia sent George Washington to redeem the fort. When the French decided not to budge quicky, Washington and general Edward Braddock were sent to capture fort Duquesne. When the British forces went to the Ohio River Valley, they panicked after seeing the French along with the Native Americans.