How the French and Indian War Affected the Revolutionary War

The American Revolution was built up to gradually throughout the 1700s, but the French and Indian war had a huge contribution to the American sense of individualism and liberty that led to its break from England. The French and Indian war taught the divided colonials many things that would help them in the upcoming war with England, including military experience, realization of the fallibility of England, anti-English sentiment, growth in colonial unity, the elimination of …

…George Washington. Without such contributions, the American Revolution could have been impossible, or at the very least much more difficult. The fallibility of Britain's military was fully demonstrated in the conflict with French in Ohio, and factors such as this had a huge effect on the colonial view of the possibility of rebellion, which was only reinforced by their victories against France, greatly influencing the American Revolution, and thus, the fate of the New World.