what was one result of the french and indian war?

Answer 1

The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American battlefronts in the Seven Years' War.

It's historical importance globally is that the outcome of the Seven Years' War meant that Great Britain ended up ruling the seas with its' (then) modernized navies and fleet.
France was nearly bankrupted by the war and after 1760 was not a major player on the oceans, although French naval vessels and forces did give very important aid the the American colonists in the American Revolution.
(The colonial forces probably would have lost the revolution were it not for some key victories by well placed French warships and forces.)

One of the junior British Navy officers who participated in this war was Captain Cook, who made the first detailed maps of the Atlantic coast north of present day Halifax, and went on to map large parts of the Pacific Ocean. He happened to come across Hawaii on one of the Pacific voyages, as well as many other places.

An officer on the French side, Louise-Antoine de Bougainville, an aide de campe to General Moncalm, later organized the world's first deliberate voyage of purely scientific discovery, exploring the Pacific. He 'discovered' places like Tahiti, and the plant named after him.

He also returned to North America to command one of the French warships which successfully kept the British from resupplying their troops in the American Revolution.

From an American point of view, the participation by American colonial forces alongside British professional forces in the war years 1758-1762 had two important results.
--The American forces (Rogers' Rangers, for the most part) introduced native American military tactics into the war. Later on the Americans would use th same tactics against the British, who were generally loathe to hide behind trees when engaged in battle.

--The war proved to be a training ground for many young colonials who would later one be the leadership class in the American Revolution (Generals Stark, Washington, and others.)

From a Canadian point of view, the accord reached between the British victors and the French Canadian settlers of was the birth of our nation and the script for the ongoing dialog which is Canada.

Not mentioned very often is how this affected Native Americans. The French had no interest in colonizing large portions of New France. However, their alliances with Native Americans on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains, and the presence of professional French troops in New France, helped prevent floods of settlers moving west.
Once the French were out of the picture, the British tried only half-heartedly to prevent any large scale migrations into the west, but weren't very successful at it.
Once the British were defeated by the Americans, the native nations were swamped by settlers.

Some historians date the modern historical period as starting with the Seven Years', or French-Indian, Wars.

A large part of what is now New England--Vermont, and Maine, mostly--formerly included as part of Acadia-- along with the upper Hudsons' River Valley, were very sparsely settled by colonial immigrants due to ongoing attacks by French-Indian allies (from 1700-1760).
After the war, the attacks stopped and so settlers could then move north towards the present borders.
These years are also considered to be a part of the French Indian Wars period by some sources.

Answer 2

War fought between Great Britain and its two enemies, the French and the Indians of North America. Most of the battles were in Canada. American colonists, including George Washington, fought with the British in this war, which lasted from 1754 to 1763. The British won the war and won the right to keep Canada and several other possessions in the New World.

Answer 3

Chris G has an important point about settlement spreading west.....my two cents are:

with the French enemy and their Indian Allies defeated, and with new found experience in warfare, the American Colonials suddenly didn't need Mother England anymore....so a direct result of the French and Indian Wars was the American Revolution

Answer 4

It costed 'England' a huge fortune, and boosted their egos starting the British Empire, winning so much territory, and set the stage for conditions that led up to the American Revolution not many years later

(Extra taxes for British North Americans, and cold, bully attitude from the government of England's of the time, which ruled BNA and what is now USA)

Answer 5

the war officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on February 10, 1763. The treaty resulted in France's loss of all its North American possessions east of the Mississippi

Answer 6

Well, it gave a young officer, and not a great one at that, experience that led to his becoming the commanding general of the Continental Army and president of the US. It also created a relationship with some tribes that became allies with the Continentals, and some with the British. And best of all, it created a backdrop for Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans".

Answer 7

The French had to give all their territory in Canada to England.

Answer 8

New England is called New England instead of New France.