Britain's victory in the French and Indian War thus lit the kindling for the American Revolution. But the English colonials' discomfiture overshadowed Native Americans', as the settlers were expected to help finance the war but were denied its fruits by being forbidden to claim land west of the Appalachians. Although the Native Americans were "the real losers" in the war for their continent, they offered formidable resistance to a developing European hegemony. Borneman connects that complex conflict in North America with events in the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. Edwin Braddock escalated into what legitimately merits designation as the First World War. What began in the Ohio Valley in 1755 as the local defeat of a small force under Gen. ) argues that the French and Indian War not only made Britain master of North America but created an empire that dominated the world for two centuries. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 Audio CD Unabridged, Maby Fred Anderson (Author) 720 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Drawing on a broad spectrum of primary and secondary sources, Borneman ( 1812: The War That Forged a Nation Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead to world conflagration. (2000), the definitive academic history of the mid–18th-century French and Indian War and its long-term consequences for America and the world. Borneman offers an excellent general-audience version of Fred Anderson's Crucible of War
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