French and Indian War
Essay by ever21 • November 7, 2012 • Essay • 767 Words (4 Pages) • 1,372 Views
It is evident that the time period of 1740-1766 composed of a conflicting war known as The French and Indian war that took place during 1754-1763.The radical relationship between the British and the American colonies went through several alterations that began to surface. The colonist yearned for a representative government to replace the tight grip from the British monarchy .However, the colonist were in discontent for reasons, such as the increased taxes the British imposed to resolve their debts, and the proclamation of 1763.Additionally, document B suggest that the value of land has increased. Thus, they improved their power to harm rival powers, according to Canassatego speech to the representatives in 1742 their is disagreement regarding colonial westward expansion. (Document b) The French and Indian war ended with British victory, thus ideologies within the colonies surfaced regarding the increased discontent with taxes imposed by the British parliament, as well as the colonist growth in strength that eventually led to the revolution.
During the French and Indian war the assertion of power became prominent. For instance, document C portrays that George Washington asked Robert Orme to be granted a higher rank in the military because he desired power. (Document C)After the French and Indian war in 1763, English colonies began to dominate the new world. Thus, the unstable political relationship ultimately led to the proclamation of 1763, because the natives had strong beliefs regarding the Americans expansion on their land. As a result the proclamation was created to reduce further Indian conflict. The colonist felt a loss of independence. Once the war ended, the British diminished the salutary neglect policy to increase revenue .For example, the declaratory act allowed parliament to control the colonial empire. According to document g, Benjamin Franklin believed the colonist should remain loyal to the British though the power of boycotting. (Document G)
Parliament was interested in the colonies economically because the British struggled to deal with debts accumulated from the war. Thus, after the war the British imposed taxes to raise revenue. For instance, after the Intolerable Acts were passed the colonist were in raged, acts like the Stamp Act, Tea Act, Townshend Acts, and the Sugar act also furthered the British economically. The taxation helped the Navigation Acts according to document a, before the war colonial America in 1754 France had ownership of a huge section of America but in 1763 the majority of the land belonged to the English, so in response the English looked for better accommodations regarding revenue (Document A). The colonists were fueled with anger because of Parliament and the taxation of common goods like tea, glass, paper and etc. The colonist reacted by smuggling and rebellion. In document H, the propaganda depicts how American colonist were against the
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