The French and Indian War | Animated Battle Map Clip

Known in Europe as the Seven Years' War and in North America as the French and Indian War, this global conflict witnessed the emergence of the British Empire in the "New World" while sowing the seeds of revolution and the foundation of the United States.

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[candiceuhlir]

I just finished a French and Indian road trip this summer. It took me from Gran Portage to Carillon and Crown Point, Frontenac to Malden, and to all the forts along the Niagara and Great Lakes. It was a fascinating period of history.

[thedirediyer]

Minor technical issue: The British Flag featured in your clip would not have featured in the war of that period. This is because the flag includes the St Patrick‘s cross of Ireland which was not incorporated into the flag until after the Act of Union in 1801. so the flag of Great Britain should just show the Cross of St George of England over the blue Saltire of Scotland. happy to help .

[jeffreyestahl]

Minor edit: The French and Indian War was a colonial confict initially which merged with the larger war in Europe in 1756. The Seven Years War started as a result of Austria trying to get revenge on Prussia for taking Silesia in the War of the Austrian Succession (ending in 1748) and following a realignment of alliances between the 2 wars.

[seanmmcelwain]

Last of The Mohicans best film about this time period bar none!

[jacobparks]

I wish the History channel was still like this

[cwzjkcu]

This was a war I always heard about but never knew when or where it took place. Nor did I know what it was about. Thanks for this. Great quality.

[paulrath]

The British were also fighting the French in India. It was truly the first "World War"

[generalsandnapoleon]

Nice work on this! More attention should be brought to this conflict.

[StevenPerkins-cs]

Nothing like leaving out the pivotal French campaign of 1756 that destroyed Fort Bull in the Mohawk Valley and the forts at Oswego on the banks of Lake Ontario.

[sbishop]

Very helpful to try and understand why the British wanted taxes from the colony’s. It was for gaining them more territory.

[DeclanConnor-yj]

Can't wait to see it in full! Edit: I just realized this is from one of your other videos.

[peripherystatic]

"Crucible of War" -Fred Anderson

The best book I've read on this time period. So much depth in what was happening with economics, military, diplomacy across several continents, and overall governance of the colonies.

What started out as a trade post in Ohio helped cause the escalation into the French and Indian War. Britain, not wishing to relinquish one specific territory in Europe, was forced to spend enormous sums on foreign armies. This contributed to the need for higher taxes and various other acts (Quartering Act was a huge mistake). This made the colonists resent parliament as they viewed the colonies as less than British/Englishmen.

This war effected North America, the Bahamas, Europe, the Coast of Africa, and parts of India.

Again, amazing book if you can get through it!

[MoreauMoreau-td]

The English forget to say in this video that the British paid the enemies of France in Europe to wage war, the entire French army was concentrated in Germany.

[chestersleezer]

My very great grandmother along with her sister were taken as captives by the Indians during this war, she was nine years old at the time. The rest of her family was killed when the indians raided their farm. She was later released and later married my very great grandfather, who took part in the Battle of Trenton (on the side of the Hessians) taken as a POW he decided that going back to the Hessian army wasn't going to happen and started farming in the area around Saratoga Springs.

[Deizulh]

Very interesting period and conflict. A book just published, titled "Aukewingeketawso", including reproduced period documents, summarizes the French Indian War era with special focus on a man named Charles Langlade (1729 - 1800), who initially led Native American warriors, Canadians and French against the British between 1752-60 before afterwards swearing allegiance to British after the French were defeated and later aided the former in their (failed) efforts in American Revolution against the United States. A very interesting read.

[DanielWlitrout]

I live in Fayette county, PA. Just a few miles from Jumonvile Glenn and Fort Necessity.

[earlymorningtwilight]

We used to go to Ft Niagara all the time. Interesting place.

[StevenPerkins-cs]

With the British defeat at Oswego, the New York border got pushed back to Schenectady.

[Arrowhamburger]

The French and Indian War was the last “episode” of the larger French and Indian Wars, which the French called the Fourth Intercolonial War.

[georgeharris]

there is a stretch of road I traveled up until I moved as an adult that had 5 of those historic marker posts all about this from forts to battles. One thing teachers leave out is that from the end of that war up to and after the revolution troops that lost their homes or had no homes where paid for fighting by being given land in that area to help keep the war from reigniting. It was those sons of these folks that later fought in the war of 1812 and civil war.