American Revolution and India

The seven year war, also called French and Indian war broke out in Ohio valley on the north American continent, when the initial skirmishes between the British and French forces took place in 1754. Washington, who later became the first US president, led the militia in these skirmishes, fighting on behalf of the British colonies on the American continent. The war soon spread across the world, including in regions where the European powers sought dominance in establishing and spreading their colonies and securing trade routes for themselves. That war enabled the British to consolidate their power in India by effectively eliminating the French as contender for rival European power from India. That war officially ended in 1763 with the treaty of Paris between the British and French.
Few years later in 1773, American colonists in Massachusetts dumped tea imported from India by the British East India company in Boston harbor. The colonists were protesting tax imposed by the British Parliament on the colony. That event subsequently led to the start of American Revolution war in 1775 with the continental congress of American colonies formally declaring Independence from Britain in 1776. French agreed for alliance with the Americans during the war to avenge for their loss to British in the seven year war. American revolution war, just like the seven year war soon spread over different parts of the world with Spain and Netherlands also joining to fight against the British. American forces led by General Washington and French commander Comte-de-Rochambeau won the decisive battle against the British forces led by Lord Cornwallis in Yorktown in 1781. However the last battle of the war took place off of Cuddalore in India in 1783. The war ended with treaty of Paris in 1783.
Cornwallis, who lost the Yorktown battle, subsequently became the commander-in-chief of British India.
To be frank, I don’t think either Americans or Indians of the era cared much about each other during this period, even though they were party to this theater from the beginning to the end. The common thread to the entire story is about gaining supremacy in the battle for world trade among European powers.
This therefore is very interesting for someone like me in the 21st century, who has spent his entire professional career in trading knowledge products directly between India and US. There is also a somber side to the connection between the past and present. I can think of myself also as the product of trade, though thankfully not subject to become a forced traded good in the US, as in those days.