Answer:They were surprised because they assumed that the Nationalists would defeat Mao's forces.
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C. Demonstrated that increasing England's control over the colonies would not be easy.
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The French and Indian war was also known as the Seven Years war, In the war the french lost all of its American and Canadian territories to the British Empire. The French and the British has already been fighting in the Europe since 1750's but later the battles spread to the North america for the control of their colonies. It is called french and Indian war because the french didn't had enough soldiers in North America so they relied on their Native Indian allies. The war started because the French wanted to control the Ohio river area, this led to the dispute with English. The land around Ohio river was valuable for resources and the fur trade. The British defeat demonstrated that it wouldn't be easy for the English to extend their control over the colonies.
