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The expanding French and British colonies were contending for control of the western, or interior, territories. Whenever the European countries went to war, there were actions within and by these colonies although the dates of the conflict did not necessarily exactly coincide with those of the larger conflicts. The North American wars, and their associated European wars, in sequence, are: The naming of conflicts after the British monarch of the day is not used by Canadians , who merely employ the name of the larger European conflict (e.g. the ''War of the Grand Alliance'' rather than ''King William's War'') or refer to them as the Intercolonial Wars. As the wars proceeded the military advantage moved inexorably towards the British side. This was largely a reflection of the greater population and productive capacity of the British colonies compared with those of France. The French were able to largely offset this in the first three conflicts by more effective Mobilization of Native American allies, but were finally overwhelmed in the fourth war. Ironically, the overwhelming victory of the British played a role in eventual loss of their American colonies. Without the threat of French invasion, the American colonies saw little need for British military protection and resented British limits on the colonization of the new French territories as stated in the Proclamation Of 1763 . These pressures contributed to the American Revolutionary War . The first three of the French and Indian Wars follow the same basic pattern. That is they all start in Europe and then move to America. Once the fighting begins in America it is mostly fought by militia men. In all three wars the English are victorious. The gains or assests made by the English during the wars in America are always returned to the French at the end of the war. See also:
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