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Explain what you think the consequences of the Seven Years Wars might be for the
¡Natives? ¡French? ¡the Colonists?
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Judy So
1/17/2013 09:06:14 am
The consequences of the Seven Years War and the victory of the British varied drastically depending on the background of people. The Natives who fought with the British and the Natives who fought alongside the French weren’t on good terms and separated. The alliance with the French for some first nations groups was cancelled, and the Natives who defended the British got priority and special privileges when it came to certain things. Some of the French people stayed in Canada, but they most likely had to pledge their allegiance to the British and agree to do certain things differently and help the British in case of a battle or war. Other French people moved back to France, but there wasn’t much reason to go back since they came to Canada in the first place to get a new life and didn’t have anything to support them when they got back to Europe. Lastly, I think the Americans would have had the least, or no negative consequences. Since they were on the winning side, they probably were able to expand into other lands without restrictions and live their life without any worries for a while.
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Lucas Philipp
1/19/2013 10:51:38 am
Most consequences that harmed the French and the Native Americans have already been stated, so there is no need for me to re state them again, but i feel that the british have been overlooked and that they too suffered a lot from participating in the seven years war. Both the British and the French were fighting over world dominance at the time and were willing to risk it all in order to acquire more land. This diverted the attention of many english and french generals who tended to focus more on the battle overseas rather than what was happening at home. The British didn't completely dominate the french, they only won half the war, the war over in the new world when the british navy managed to capture Montréal and Québec. At home the British were devastated by the French, the British sent too many troops overseas in order to help the war new world that much of the British Territory was left undefended. But in the end Great Britain Prospered and the english way of live had become part of the new world.
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Nathan Yu
1/17/2013 12:24:16 pm
After the Seven Years war the Natives, French, and the Colonists (Americans) lives were all drastically changed. First of all, the Natives that were allied with the French lost their land and resources to the colonists and other native groups. Some of the tribes would separate themselves due to a difference of ideas and plans. Also, the natives allied with the British would gain some territory and receive more tools that they could use i.e guns, hatchets etc. Natives would be able to settle peacefully and would not have to continuously fight for Britain or France. The French would lose the control they had in Canada and mercantilism would not be allowed to happen because all of their trading points would have been taken over by the British. Therefore, France would not be able to gain any money from Canada. Also, some of the French settlers would stay in Canada under British rule as they would not want to move back to France to the life they wanted to escape. The English would now have a monopoly over Canada and would have full control over all of the land. Therefore, by using mercantilism Britain would have accumulated more wealth from North America than any other country. Also, the colonists in the new British colony would have more land and would be able to accumulate more wealth as there are more resources now to be found.
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Alyssa Lee
1/17/2013 12:44:52 pm
The consequences for the Natives were by far the greatest. The natives fought alongside both the French and the English. The ones who fought along with the French lost the war drastically. The English continued to expand into Canada, which caused the Native's to lose rights to their own land.
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Alex Weir
1/17/2013 01:25:15 pm
Seven Years War Results
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Hailey S.
1/17/2013 11:27:54 pm
After the seven years war life changed drastically for the French, the British and the Natives. The French lost their thriving colony on the St. Lawrence River as well as their rights in the fur trade. When Cabot and, then Champlain, established New France they had plans of exploration and expansion, though the British made those arrangements very hard to accomplish. When they eventually signed the treaty of Paris, the French signed away all their hard work in the new world, loosing their new monopoly. The British on the other hand won the war and gained rights to expand their rein in America. They lost many soldiers along the way, but in the end the British suffered the least amount of consequences. Throughout the war the First Nations gave their land, their furs and gained nothing in the end. The war forced many united tribes to choose sides, splitting them apart. The Natives that sided with the French were allowed to stay, though their rights were limited. The Natives who sided with the English received priority and attained special privileges. For any side, the end of the war meant new expansion by the British, and more loss of land. Yes, the fighting had ceased but with the English wanting to expand west, new problems were soon to arise.
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Kristine Falck
1/18/2013 03:29:11 pm
I believe that the Seven Years War had different outcomes and consequences for the Natives, French and 13 colonists (Americans).
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Liam Huebner
1/19/2013 06:53:23 am
The consequences of the seven years war, in my opinion, will only be benefitial towards the British, and very harmful towards the Natives, colonists and quite obviously the French. We will start with perhaps the most obvious consequence, which is that of the French. Due to the French losses in the seven years war, the British have established their dominance in the New World, giving them confidence to assert their power in a more prominent way. Many of the high ranking French officials or aristrocrats will be stripped of all possesions and land, and either exiled, excecuted or sent back to France. Furthermore, because of the seignurial system inputed in New France, there will be many serfs and peasants without work that will be put into hard labour by the crown. Without any power and their people in the hands of their enemy, New France will be practically obliterated with only their language left behind as evidence they were there. For the Natives, many will suffer a harsh fate and very few of them will reap benefits. Some natives that aided the British in their victory over the French will recieve special benefits and tretment, but this is not neccesairly a good thing. There will be division created amognst the Natives, weakening many of their tribes. As well, becaus ethere is no longer a threat of French invasion, the British will be able to expand west and conquer and kill more tribes, more bad news for the First Nations. However, the colonists will benefit from the British victory. They will now be able to settle in the Ohio valley as they had wanted to for very long. They will also be able to expand westward and colonize regions on the west end of North America. All of this new land means more raw goods, in other words, more money for the colonists. All in all, the consequences of the seven years war may be varied, and it changed the complexion of the New World as we know it.
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Connor Anderson
1/20/2013 06:26:07 am
After the seven years war, many conflicts and hardships were established for three main groups. The French, natives and also the colonists. The British however had many positives coming out of the seven years war. First I am going to talk about the hardships of the French. Since the French had lost Quebec, their main workplace or territory, they really had not much control over the New World. The British were dominating. The French officials will be stripped of their land and all worthy possessions. They will then most likely be sent back to France. Also, they could not make any more profit off their land and they lost many soldiers during the seven years war. Finally, their rights to the fur trade had been vanished. No more would they be trading furs. Next, the Natives had also faced some consequences. For example, during the seven years war, the many first nation tribes would be forced to choose sides. This caused many united and strong tribes to be split apart. Also, the natives always gave and gave their resources but in return, they received nothing. Also, the native tribes that went with the French side faced a worse life than the native tribes that went with the British. Lastly, the colonists also faced consequences. Since, they had won more land, they had more land to keep track of and defend. This meant that some land could be taken more easily. Also expansion was not going to be an option. In conclusion, the seven years war provided many positives for the British but consequences for many other sides.
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JM
1/21/2013 12:30:34 am
The consequences of the Seven Years War and the victory of the British drastically changed lives depending on the background of the people. First of all, the Natives who fought with the British and the Natives who fought with the French weren’t on good terms (or as good as before) and found their own ways by disbanding. The alliance with the French for some first nations groups was broken so they were back to their lives from before the Europeans. The Natives who defended the British got priority and special privileges when it came to certain things. Next, some of the French people stayed in Canada, but only if they pledged their allegiance to the British and agree to do certain things differently and help the British in case of a battle or war and could not become French again. Other French people moved back to France, but there wasn’t much reason to go back since they came to Canada in the first place to get a new life and didn’t have anything to support them when they got back to Europe, so overall they had to either become British or go back to their “prison cell” in France. Lastly, I think the Americans would have had the least negative consequences. Since they were on the winning side, they probably were able to expand into other lands without restrictions and live their life without any worries for a while. Also they were English from the beginning so they didn’t need to pledge because they were already English so there wasn’t much the English people would have wanted to change of the Americans. Also even though that one battle was over, the war had just begun. The English still wanted to expand so as I said the war had just begun.
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Sofia Rojas
1/21/2013 12:41:06 pm
For each the Natives, the Colonists and the French, the Seven Years War had varied effects in the long term. With a victory in their hands, the British could do nearly anything with so much power in their hands over so much land. However, the Natives that fought along side the British and the ones who fought against htem with the French were now on different pages and were all seperated. The First Nations who formed an alliance with the French were exiled and shunned in a way; while the First Nations that were fighting with the British forces in some cases got special privileges and priority at times. On the French side of things, some Frenchmen (and women) stayed in Canada, even though they for the most part had to pledge allegiance to the Brits and agree to fight for them when it came to battle circumstances. Other Frenchmen (and women) made their ways back to France, although it seemed almost pointless for their inital reason for leaving was for a better life and to get away from the dullness of the life there. And when they did move back to France, there wasn't anything waiting for them in Europe other than starting from scratch in a place that for them might not have had promise. Finally, the Americans at that time probably didn't have too much to worry about; what with their triumph in battle they were able to furthermore expand their territory without any question.
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