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Article: The war that started a revolution.(USA Yesterday)(exhibition at the Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, explores the Seven Years War)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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AS LITTLE AS TWO decades before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the idea that the American colonies would unite and revolt would have been called preposterous. Ties were strong between Great Britain and its colonies. Trade flourished, and political and social connections ran deep. Even a young Virginia soldier named George Washington wanted nothing more than to be a British military officer.
The French & Indian War (known as the Seven Years War in Europe) would change everything, as England, France, and dozens of American Indian nations fought for control of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains--and the confluence of three mighty rivers ...