How is the French and Indian war important to the founding of our country?

Answer 1

An American Identity emerged from the flames of the French & Indian War. What were once separate colonies, each founded & guided by varying ideas beliefs tents, found common cause in killing off the Natives and driving them beyond the Appalachian Mountains. These separate colonies shared a common language, English, but accents varied as did customs, and their religious views varied greatly, in fact many of the colonies had been founded by religious dissenters.

The colonies had been mostly dependent upon England for trade which included the basic nessecities of life, though the New England and MIddle Colonies were much more independent than their southern neighbors. The French & Indian Wars forced the colonies to call upon each other for mutual support, and in the process they discovered that trading amongst themselves was more sensible than relying upon England.

And for the future growth of America there was the status of the Natives. Instead of binding together against a common enemy, Europeans, the Natives mostly allied themselves with the French and lost, and by fighting against 'Americans,' the Natives earned their undying hatred. What were once scattered British Colonies became Americans united in a common cause.