The French and Indian War set the stage for future events that no one could ever have imagined. The economic practice of mercantilism, which insured profit only to the mother country was the accepted practice between England and her colonies. As long as these economic policies were met, England left much of the day to day governing of the colonies up to the colonies. It was this "salutory neglect" that ultimately led to the ideological differences between England and the colonies. England won the war, but it paid a great price for that victory. England was bankrupted, and as a result had no choice but to look to her colonies to regain financial stability. The pressures of taxation and naval restrictions imposed by the crown and Parliament, …show more content…
The colonies did NOT wish to part with the British, they merely wished for a return of their autonomy. The French and Indian War, a colonial manifestation of the same forces and tensions that erupted in the European Seven Years' War, was, quite simply, a war about imperialism. The French and the English were competing for land and trading rights in North America; these strivings resulted in a great deal of disputed land, particularly that of the rich Ohio Valley. Each nation saw this territory as vital in its effort to increase its own power and wealth while simultaneously limiting the strength of its rival. Although the war itself therefore stemmed from a fairly simple motivation, its consequences were far- reaching. The English victory in the war decided the colonial fate of North America, and yet at the same time sowed the seeds of the eventual colonial revolution. After the war, the British ended their century-long policy of salutary neglect, attempting to keep the colonials under a more watchful eye. The British also raised taxes in an effort to pay for the war. Both of these postwar policies resulted in massive colonial discontent and added to the budding nationalism that eventually exploded in the Revolutionary War. The French and Indian War also had lasting (and devastating) effects for the Native American tribes of North America. The British took retribution against Native American nations that fought on the side of the French by cutting off their
The French and Indian War brought about many political, economic, and ideological changes in the relationship between Britain and it’s American colonies. Americans began to resent the controlling nature of the British empire and the implementation of heavy taxes. The colonists even began to separate themselves from the British name.
The French and Indian war was fought between Great Britain and France from 1754 to 1763. Also known as the Seven Year’s War, this confrontation eventually erupted into an all out worldwide conflict. Its effects were not only immediate but long term. Although the colonies were not directly tied to the war, it greatly impacted them as well as modern America.
The French and Indian war was a battle between the French and Great Britain over territorial issues. When the British colonists saw the French encroaching their territory over the Ohio River Valley, this caused conflict. The Native Americans naturally sided with the French as they had formed a stronger connection through trade. This alliance was not enough and the British were victorious with assistance from their colonies. The result of this war was the colonies wanting to split away from the rule of the British. The impact of winning the French and Indian war was huge on Britain and its colonies, it lead to limited expansion of land, conflict between Great Britain and its colonies, and more strict rules and dependence from Britain on its colonies leading to the American Revolution .
To begin with, the French and Indian War created political changes between Britain and the colonies. After the war, Britain saw they needed to have a stronger relationship with the Native Americans in the colonies (Doc B). The Natives didn’t always have a stable relationship with the British during the war and Britain wanted to ensure the Natives would not become aggressive and attack them. The war and gaining of new land in North America, also showed England
The end of the French and Indian war in 1763, led to a large amount of conflict between the American colonists and the British Parliament. The French and Indian war began in 1754 between Britain and France. These two large countries were battling for land control in America.
The French and Indian War, sometimes termed the “Seven Years’ War”, is often described by historians as the first broadly global conflict. The war would introduce prominent figures such as George Washington and foreshadow the birth of a new nation—the United States of America. The French and Indian War altered the relationship between Britain and its American colonies by enabling Britain to be more involved in political and economic affairs by imposing regulations and levying taxes unfairly on the colonies, which caused the colonists to change their ideology from toleration to resentment towards Britain. The French and Indian War affected the political relationship between Britain and its American Colonies because of Britain’s increase in
The result of the French and Indian war was fought mainly between France, Native American allies, and England. This war was fought on the North American continent for a reason and it was for having colonial authority. When the war ended, the British had won but now they faced a problem that was they now doubled their previous debt and had a large and expanding North American territory to defend. For them to make up all the money they lost in the war the British Parliament began taxing the citizens that lived Britain and in the colonies. Since the colonists were British citizens it made sense that they had to pay taxes to help pay for the war. The American colonists did not really do anything big to help the war efforts, and the British even
The British and French had a considerable amount of tension between one another as both sought to develop their spheres of influence in North America, which at the time had England controlling thirteen colonies along the northeastern coast and France controlling a large section of land spanning from Louisiana all the way north to Canada. What sparked that tension into becoming a war was the indistinguishable marking of territory and the Ohio Country, a land full of potential that lay between English and French territories and was at the time inhabited by Indian nations.
The French and Indian war also known as the Seven Years war lasted from 1754 to 1763.The war was fought between the English and American colonists in the New World.This meant that the inhabitants of America would also be affected. The Native American Indians were reluctant to ally themselves with the French and British. The american indians played an important role in the war.
The costs of the French and Indian War had many consequences for the British. They were deeply in debt and needed to find a way to make more money. A way for them to get out of debt was to more heavily tax the colonies in North America, especially because they gained more land that they needed to protect. The colonists, unfortunately, did not seem to agree with many of their plans. In the decade following the conclusion of the war, colonial resistance to British policies escalated through protests, boycotting, and other coordinated methods due to the unfair taxation as well as prominent military presence in the colonies.
The American Revolution was far from being the first conflict to occur on the soil of the New World. There were multiple skirmishes, battles, and official wars fought in the territory that resulted in severe bloodshed before the idea of the American Revolution was even conceived. One of the most significant of these wars was the French and Indian War or as it was known in Europe, the Seven Years’ War. At its conclusion in 1763, the Treaty of Paris was signed. The English received a substantial amount of new land for the Empire (94). However, with the acquisition of new land and a significant amount of debt from the extensive war efforts, the British government had to reevaluate many of their policies (95-96). After the Treaty of Paris of 1763, the British were confident in their mastery of North America. However by attempting to tighten their control over their American colonies they initiated a series of poorly thought out programs and policies which resulted in a disastrous rebellion.
The British win in the French and Indian War had an enormous influence on the British Empire. At first, it meant a great expansion of British territorial claims in the New World. And the cost of the war had significantly inflamed Britain's debt. Furthermore, the war generated momentous bitterness towards the colonists among the English leaders, who were not pleased with the economic and military help they had received from the colonists throughout the war. All these elements combined to convince many English leaders that the colonies needed a major reformation and that the central authority should be in London. Then the English leaders set in motion strategies to give London more control over the government of the colonies and these plans were
The French and Indian war represents the generic notion for what is known in the history of the European continent as the Seven Years War. This war represented an important moment in the history of the United States, despite the fact that the actual confrontation and the political disputes had included the French and the British. Although the political matters were related to the colonial issues the two sides had on the European continent, the major battlefield in this sense were disputed in the American colonies. It marked a crucial point in the creation of the United States and in defining the territorial identity of the country.
Throughout the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the relationship between the British and the American colonies underwent many radical changes. This war drew the British into America to fight the French alongside of the American colonists. Once the fighting began, the vast economic, political, and ideological differences between the colonists and their mother country of Great Britain surfaced. The French and Indian War impacted the political correlation between Britain and the American colonies because the colonies desired a new democratic government in place of the former English monarchy. Additionally, the war altered the economic relations between the two because of the establishment of numerous British taxations to pay for the war
The effects after the French and Indian War created an unbalanced relationship between Britain and the British colonies. The victory allowed Britain to expand their territory, but also brought Britain in great debt. Britain believed that Parliament should have more authority over the colonists and so they put in Acts to enforce their rules. The many different Acts created resentment throughout the colonies towards their mother country. The French and Indian War also had the effect on the colonies and the colonists because they all fought together and were unified. Before the war, the colonies were very untrustful of each other, but the war helped them fight against a common enemy. The French and Indian War caused Britain to enforce