Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Why is the name french and indian war misleading?

i need help in U.S. history, i have been trying to find this answer for about 2 hours now, please help me!

Why is the name french and indian war misleading?
Additionally, both the British and their American colonies also had Indian allies, so there's that.





And the Seven Years War has also been called the true First World War since (if we consider the F %26amp; I War a part of it) it ranged across Europe and over to the North American continent.
Reply:Because, the French and Indians were on the same side against the British and the British colonies. The name makes it sounds as if the French were fighting the Indians, rather than being allied with them against the British.





It's also worth noting that the name makes it sound as if the fighting was all focused on the North American continent, and that's also misleading. Most of the fighting happened in Europe, and some in the Caribbean and some even in Asia. It's only a fairly small side show of the whole Seven Years War which happened in North America.
Reply:The Bryce is Right...the French and Indian War probably should have been called World War I. There were battles going on in India and other places and the Treaty of Paris impacted the whole globe.


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