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THE IMPACT OF SEVEN YEARS OF WAR ON BRITISH EMPIRE
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November 24, 2015
Introduction
The seven years’ war, also known as the French and Indian War officially began when England decided to wage war against France. However, fights between England and France had been in the American colony many years before the seven-year war started. This fresh world conflict signified a new page in the lengthy “imperial struggle” pitting Britain against France. In the early years of the 1750s, France’s expansion into the “Ohio River valley” time and again brought them into armed combats with the English colonies. The series of battles led the British to declare war officially on the French in 1756. During the first year of the war, the British suffered defeats from the French and their Native American friends. However, the next year, William Pitt, the future Prime Minister of Britain, boosted the armies’ finances by funding most of their activities. William Pitt had realized the great benefits that Britain could rip from the Imperial expansion and borrowed massively to finance the war. He funded the struggle of Prussia against the French and reimbursed the colonies for the armies they had raised in North America.
By 1760, the French had been completely banished from Canada and by 1763; all the French allies in Europe had either been defeated or made separate peace pacts with Prussia. A peace conference was held in that very year, and the British officially to…