Days of Revolution – Episode 7

Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.”  Listen to Episode 7, “The French and Indian War.”

In this episode:

  • The political and military tensions between Great Britain and France.
  • The battle over land in the Ohio Territory.
  • The dynamics of Native American tribes and the European powers.
  • The early failures of Great Britain and George Washington in the French and Indian War.
  • The engagement of the colonist militias help shift the war.
  • The Treaty of Paris and the subsequent gains by the British.
  • The headaches of managing new land and the question of taxation and colonialists.