So we call it the seven years war. But really, it is the nine year war, and it is part of an almost century long war for various colonial locations throughout the globe, in this case, particularly north america. Instead of telling the story of the seven years war as it is always told, which typically in north america is something along the lines of this is the war that set up the american revolution. This is the war that kicked the french out of north america, led the colonists to be more unified, and led to all of the crises that would culminate in the american revolution. There is a documentary that pbs put out not long ago and they call it the war that made america. This kind of storyline is an important one. And it is one we could sell, but because this is a course on a french Atlantic World, i wanted to focus on the war as it was experienced by the people we have been talking about all semester. The war in the french atlantic. Much less focus on north america. Much less focus on f
America. He discusses the way britains frenchl victory impacted holdings and settlers who remained after the war ended. The college of william and mary in virginia. The class is about an hour. Were going to talk about the seven years war. It is often known as the first global war. It is a war that in the United States is often called the french and indian war. Beck, it is the war of conquest. It is the world conquest. The name is important. The civil war is one interpretation, but calling it the war of northern aggression means you have a different interpretation. Uebec, the war of the conquest has a really heavy political implication because they see this as the moment French Society was taken over, concorde by the british, and therefore, the moment conquered by the british, and therefore, the moment that you start to see them sees french canada with a long and brutal struggle for attending. Autonomy. The name the french and indian war comes from the british themselves. This is who th
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