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Colonists Attitudes Toward Britain After The French And Indian War

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The French and Indian War, an important event, consisted of the French and the Indians working together against the British colonies over territorial The colonies had won after the French were forced to split their forces to send back to France for other important reasons, causing them to have to fight with a smaller army. After the French and Indian War, it was believed that the colonies/colonists who had fought for Britain would have been appreciated for. However the colonies had a sudden change of feelings towards Britain because of unexpected failed support and unfair consequences put on them, therefore the colonies and Britain felt bitter and began to dislike one another. The colonies had many reasons to feel bitter toward Britain after the war. First off, of course there had been a lot of money spent during the seven years of the war, so Britain had to pay off their war dept somehow. This became the major economic issue that Britain had to face. The responsibility to pay the cost of the war that the colonists had fought, sadly had been laid upon themselves. This …show more content…

Who won that land for Britain? The colonies. Even though the colonists won the land, they did not get to go live on it, which had become the other reason the colonists had become angry. Many lives were lost to win against the French and Indians. 7 years the colonists had fought. What did they get in return for their services? Taxes. Britain gained a lot of land after the war that the colonists were ready to keep moving west to explore, but that did not happen. It was once again a very unfair act from Britain toward the colonies. Britain issued a Proclamation that prohibited colonists to settle west onto new land. They should have had the right to go to the west and see what they had fought for. They had been excited to move westward after the war, but obviously Britain had other

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