The French and Indian War | Animated Battle Map Clip

[@candiceuhlir5539]

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.

[@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.

[@timhand3380]

Nice point. You really highlight the direct importance of Washington's warning to avoid entangling alliances during our early years.

[@davidlaroche4537]

@@timhand3380, Just keep in mind, we owe USA independence to the intervention of France on the side of the Revolutionary colonists. Ben Franklin was in France to get their help. The French fleet was here to support us, and the British did not want to tangle with the large French fleet. So, our entanglement with Europe was there at our founding. Also, MANY of our immigrants are of European origin. So, entanglement is a natural consequence.

[@timhand3380]

@@davidlaroche4537 , no. You're confusing a temporary alliance with France to help gain independence with being entangled. We entangled them! 😉

[@lemonator8813]

​@timhand3380 naw we keep getting g entangled in their stupid wars: war of 1812 (napoleon's wars), Mexican American War (not helped by Napoleon's ancestors attempting to take over Mexico), Spanish American War, ww1, ww2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Israel lol

[@lemonator8813]

Vietnam we failed to help the French hold onto their colony then we doubled down on the war

[@seanmmcelwain]

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

[@user-py2bj3jn9t]

@@seanmmcelwain remind us when

[@tobyaughnotobi3919]

I remember the series- early 70s. Film is great though. 1990s with Daniel Day Lewis and Madeline Stowe is superb.

[@T.McGarry]

No mention of NY in this clip. My ancestors, who numbered 14, lived in the Saratoga/Lake George area when the war kicked off, with only 3 surviving it.

[@seanmmcelwain]

@@user-py2bj3jn9t French and Indian war 1750’s colonial America

[@seanmmcelwain]

@@T.McGarry are you making a joke about the movie or actually Mohican?

[@davidlaroche4537]

Being of French-Canadian descent, I always find it ABHORRENT in education in the USA that the ‘bad guys’ were the French and their First Nation allies, while the English settlers and their First Nation allies were the ‘good guys’. Also, I would like to see USA history teach about what happened to the French (Canadians) in Québec after the English took control of Québec and the rest of Canada including the Acadian removal/deportation (many of which ended up in the English colonies in New England, Southern colonies and especially Louisiana).

[@tobeywalker4867]

victors write history friend. USA USA USA USA USA

[@davidlaroche4537]

@@tobeywalker4867 USA had NOTHING to do with the French and Indian War. It did NOT even exist at this time. So, it had nothing to do with victors. Victors were the British and British colonials who would soon begin their Revolution against the British Empire. USA?????? Misplaced patriotism.

[@drfunkestein]

@@tobeywalker4867 in that case it's more.....England, England, England!!!!!......

[@cantrell0817]

From the British point of view, the French were definitely the bad guys. Lol

[@drfunkestein]

@@cantrell0817 and from the french point of view, the English are really the bad guy......always!!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@sbishop6450]

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

[@DeclanConnor-y1j]

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

[@bigsarge2085]

Looking forward to it!

[@buckeyeranger6438]

Excellent. Can’t wait. 🍪🍪🍪☕️

[@peripherystatic546]

"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!

[@generalsandnapoleon]

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

[@sandbridgekid4121]

First mistake: the WRONG British Flag. The proper flag of the F-I War, does not have the cross of Northern Ireland, superimposed upon the Scottish White Saltire. Also fails to mention, the war was part of the War Of Austrian Succession. The 7 Years War, was the First World War.

[@richjg3049]

Wow, good for you! You nitpicked the video. Feel better? These aren’t meant to be an encyclopedia article. These are free videos.

[@RamonesFan201]

🤪🤪🤪

[@08CaptT]

@@richjg3049imagine watching a historical video and then defending the inaccuracies

[@earlymorningtwilight9119]

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

[@user-mc4sq3fk5d]

Thanks for the video!

[@paulrath7764]

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

[@JustinMShaw]

A European war fought on three continents fits the title exactly.

[@StevenPerkins-c3s]

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

[@jacobparks6371]

I wish the History channel was still like this

[@georgeharris572]

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.

[@DanielWlitrout]

I live in Fayette County, Pa. Not far from Jumonville, and Fort Necessity. As a matter of fact Braddock crossed the Youghegeny river right through the middle of Connelllsville where I live.

[@DanielWlitrout]

As another fact for a very small city we had a Heisman trophy winner Johnny Lujack and an Olympic gold medal winner Johnny Woodruff. The German oak tree he got for winning that medal is still alive and growing. Planted at the high school football field.

[@StevenPerkins-c3s]

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.

[@denisriordan4731]

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

[@StevenSmith-dc1fq]

Fantastic.

[@augustinep6193]

Good. Thanks.

[@SuzanneBlanchard]

The border between NY VT and QC is wrong. The French held the Lake Champlain basin and what would become northern VT and NY. Then this area was west of the 1763 proclamation line and not part of NY or "NH"

[@SouthernGentleman]

Awesome

[@jarridbrooks]

what about the battles in the maritime provinces in Canada including fortress of louisbourg?

[@mcgiver6977]

A decisive battle which permitted British navy to navigate free in St. Lawrence Golfe toward Québec...

[@drfunkestein]

But you are forgetting something.....the war began with the assassination of French officers by George Washington's troops. These French people came to negotiate and carried very important diplomatic messages with them. It was really a huge scandal at the time. Indeed at that time, under the rules of war accepted by all, officers were never killed. Especially if they also came to negotiate, or carried important messages. It was so scandalous that even the English admitted their mistake and apologized for what was considered at the time as a murder. George Washington was removed from all his commands and put into early retirement following this event. But I understand that as an American this inglorious past of the father of American independence is completely forgotten. Yet it is completely true.

[@Jean-PierreGrenier-yl3wp]

It was the Jumonville Affair, named after the French officer murdered by Washington’s troops.

[@drfunkestein]

@@Jean-PierreGrenier-yl3wp exact!!!!! Thank you!!! I had completely forgotten the name of the French diplomat. THANKS.

[@armandocardona4478]

Excellent summary but the British flag shown is wrong, the Union Jack as depicted has the red diagonal stripes of the Cross of St. Patrick which weren’t added until 1801, between 1707 and 1801 the Union Jack only had the flags of England and Scotland superimposed so the diagonal lines were those of the Cross of St. Andrew, white diagonal crossed stripes on a blue background without a red stripe within. For me at least it’s too glaring a historical error to forgive. Sorry, no historical accuracy award for you!

[@calartian85]

Sparrowhawk.

[@kevinmckay5052]

one side of my family tree has english who fought with distinction and rewarded with taken from family on the french side lol and i have ancestors on both sides of the canada us border

[@GGdeTOURS37]

One point > The English population there were 20 TIMES more numerous than the French. Then the finual result couldn't have beenn different > The bigger population won.

[@marcolavoie7945]

Une tragédie pour un jeune peuple qui perdra son pays et de ses alliées vqui seront tous victimes de l'impérialisme britannique et de ses criminels de guerre.

[@mrmicro22]

Well explained. History is a web of many threads.

[@kellyburket6955]

My family fought in this conflict.

[@mcgiver6977]

Which battle ? And on which side ?

[@davidhull1481]

As a youngster I was confused by the name of this war. Looking at it one way it implies a war between the French and the “Indians”.

[@Big_Glizzy.]

It was the same for me as well, growing up in AZ in the 90s my teachers barely touched on the history of the Midwest and east until it got to the sante fe trail and Mexican American war, we were taught a lot of Spanish colonial history surrounding our state

[@grondhero]

Why do the Europeans call it the 7 Years War if it lasted nine years? 🤔 *Europeans:* Well, ole chap, there wasn't an official declaration until 1756, so before that it was just violent disagreements in mostly peaceful days.

[@Napoleon1815-l8c]

The French and Indian War was technically World War 1.

[@revolutionaryhamburger]

OK. What then were the Napoleonic Wars? WW II?

[@JustinMShaw]

@@revolutionaryhamburger World Wars II and IV.

[@1bskemp]

Why did WWII happen, WWI. Why did the American Revolutionary war happen, French and Indian war....hmmm, message, Spock?

[@timschulze5789]

I'm sure I will not be the only one to comment. The Union Jack flag you show at about 1 minute and later at about 2.5 minutes did not exist until 1801. The Battlefield Trust is better than this.

[@richjg3049]

Wow! Good for you! You got them! It’s a free video, which I appreciate. But you focus on being the guy who plays gotcha

[@brucemcrae7395]

A rather poor video in my opinion. It is very selective in what it decides to cover. It spends a disproportionate amount of time on the conflict with the Cherokee ( a sideshow when compared to the rest of the war) and ignores most of the important military actions that occurred between the French and the English, specifically the battles on Lake Champlain and Lake George, the fight for the control of the strategic forts in the Niagara and Upper St. Lawrence region and the struggle for the control of Louisbourg. Also the battles for Quebec, which were the most decisive military engagements fought in North America before the Civil War are barely mentioned. Actually I don't know why they even bothered. As with respect to the colonial dissatisfaction with the British that led to the American Revolution I have always, from a Canadian perspective, felt that the American colonists displayed an appalling lack of gratitude towards the British. After all the British invested Incredible amounts of resources, not to mention the thousands of British soldiers who were killed and wounded in the conflict, in defending the colonies from the French and their Indian allies incursions, ensuring the future territorial expansion of the colonies. The British Crown thought it only fair that the colonists shoulder a portion of this cost, which the colonies were most reluctant to do. Under the circumstances I believe that the taxes that the British imposed were quite justified and in retrospect I think it is clear that even if the colonies did have the representation they felt they were due they would likely have still refused to pay their share.

[@jean-louislalonde6070]

This shows it is preferable to come up with a settled deal before any actions and money are spent instead of coming up with a bill afterwards.

[@wingitprod]

Native American😏

[@user-py2bj3jn9t]

I learned about the French Indian War in elementary school history class. Is it taught any more or has it been removed due to the censorship of our American Heritage and History?

[@colinsteadland]

oh, do shut up. your kind is pathetic

[@sarahreedy159]

I can only speak from my experience but yes the F&I War is still taught in schools in SW PA. I will say that teachers don’t give it a lot of time within their curriculum. F&I was taught in the wider context of Indian wars fought in the run up to the American Revolution.

[@AbolitionistFrigate]

I don't know how old you are, but research into the F&I war has revealed a richer and more complex set of developments that shaped the war. We are living in the golden age for historical research. We desperately need to extend more resources for history education in public schools to teach updated materials.

[@user-py2bj3jn9t]

@@AbolitionistFrigate I am an American military dependent who enlisted upon high school graduation. I was educated in countries that taught me REALITY not liberal FANTASY. You commies need to shut the fck up or realize the difference between reality and fantasy.

[@SuzanneBlanchard]

Nobody is "censoring" anything - unless you count the folks who want to censor actual history from being taught because it contradicts some of the myths they were taught as "history." My kids got the seven years war and much earlier - they're both still in HS so that's current info, public school.