There were many laws and taxes that were passed on by Parliament and events that eventually occurred throughout history. On this timeline, it begins with the Navigation Acts in 1651. This act protected many of the British economic interests and its industry against the growing Dutch navigation trade. It also meant that no foreign ships were allowed in British colonies. About 82 years later, the Parliament enacted the Molasses Act in 1733. It protected its sugar plantations in the West Indies. After the Molasses Act came to the French and Indian War in 1754 to 1763. The war gave Great Britain gains for territory in North America. They fought overpaying the war’s expenses and that made the colonies angry. In 1754 The Albany Congress …show more content…
Soldiers were to be housed in barracks or empty public buildings and not in private residences. It was the duty of local legislatures to fund the expenses. Next came the Declaratory Act, on March 18 of 1766. The Declaratory Act was an act issued by British Parliament stating its authority to make laws by declaring the statement Everyone must follow the Acts, “in all cases whatsoever” including the right to tax. The Declaratory Act was a reaction of British Parliament to the failure of the Stamp Act as they did not want to give up on the main idea of imperial taxation declaring its legal right to tax colonies. Furthermore came the Townshend Revenue Act, established in early June of 1767. The Townshend Act composed of series of establishments, that included a revenue tax on seventy-two consumer goods, It made people pay for imported goods. For instance, glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Then, On March 5th, 1770, there was a serious catastrophic event later to be known as the Boston Massacre. A sentinel positioned at the customs house was bombarded with snowballs and crushed, chunked ice, as he called for support several guards armed themselves and shot at the herd killing five men and wounding six. The people who were harmed in the massacre were citizens Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, Patrick Carr,
The story, The Hungry, Hungry King George represents a brief summary of the events that led up to the American Revolutionary War. King George’s need for money from his debt in the Seven Years War (also known as the French and Indian War) is displayed in the story as it states “he was still hungry”. Throughout the story, the phrase “But, he was still hungry” is continuously repeated to demonstrate the amount of taxes and restraints that were placed on the colonist under the rule of King George III. This can also be discerned from the illustrations as they depict King George III with more and more gold surrounding him as well as his body weight increasing. King George’s weight dramatically escalating symbolizes his augmenting greed and need to
The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America was written by Walter R. Borneman. The book was published in New York 2007, by Harper Perennial. Walter R. Borneman wrote The French and Indian War in three well developed books put together into one, consisting of 308 narrative pages. However, there are 360 total pages if the reader includes Borneman notes, bibliography, and index at the end. The French and Indian War is a nonfiction historical narrative about how important each battle and encounter during the French and Indian war assisted in molding North America’s future.
The French and Indian War was a nationalizing experience for the Colonists because it banded a un-unified group of colonists together against a common enemy,the French and their allies, the Indians. The war later led to the reinforcement of their unity and resentment towards Britain for implementing many acts on the colonists, whether it be taxing, or control over their commerce. Before the French and Indian War many of the colonies were skeptical and/ or jealous of one another, creating disunity and an untrustworthy environment throughout the colonies. To represent the lack of coherence among the colonies, Benjamin Franklin published a cartoon representing the colonies as a disjointed snake. During the French and Indian War, the colonists
Once again, the colonists were angry that they were being taxed on basic needs. This anger only grew through the Boston Massacre incident, where five colonists were killed, and the Boston Tea Party, where enraged colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. The last straw for the colonists seemed to be the passing of the Coercive Acts, otherwise known as the Intolerable Acts. These acts were created to regulate and basically restrict the colonists to make them realize that Parliament was in control. Colonists did not agree with this act, specifically the Quartering Act which required them to house British soldiers, as well as feed and clothe them. These acts and taxations, along with the violent incidents that occurred in Boston, and a lack of colonial representation in the Parliament caused the colonists to
During the eighteenth century, tension within the Americas over competing land and trading claims increased. Sparked by the French invasion of the British Ohio River Valley, the first major war in the Americas, known as the French and Indian War, began in 1754. The British national debt nearly doubled from the war, thus forcing Parliament to administer taxes on its British colonies. Britain also established new limitations on the colonists’ settlement for protection of the colonies. The colonies began to unite and new leaders emerged in response to Britain’s increasingly autocratic rule. This in turn galvanized the colonies to coalesce against the unfair practices. Although other wars had large impacts, the French and Indian War proved to
In 1774 the citizens of the British-American colonies began to perform formal acts of revolt with the rejection of the Massachusetts government act. After that point, there were many revolutionary actions towards the mother country, be it protests, boycotts, the Boston Tea Party, or other similar behaviors. The aforementioned examples of early revolutionary feats were certainly pivotal towards the revolutionary effort. However, they were not quite entirely caused by the British colonists. Most of the activities the colonists performed were instigated by something that was entirely different: the French and Indian War (also referred to as the 7 years’ war).
The American Revolution marked the historical intensity associated with this great nation. The revolution was multifaceted and was also dynamic in nature as it involved a lot of twists and turns that later shaped the course of the American citizens. There are numerous causes linked with the triggering and commencement of the revolution. The discussion below critically exploits and explores various reasons that led to the start of the revolution.
Beginning in 1764, Great Britain began passing acts to exert greater control over the American colonies. The Sugar Act was passed to increase duties on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies. A Currency Act was also passed to ban the colonies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit because of the belief that the colonial currency had devalued the British money. Further, in order to continue to support the British soldiers left in America after the war, Great Britain passed the Quartering Act in 1765. This ordered colonists to house and feed British soldiers if there was not enough room for them in the colonist’s homes. An important piece of legislation that really upset the colonists was the Stamp Act passed in 1765. This required stamps to be purchased or included on many different items and documents such as playing cards, legal papers, newspapers, and more. This was the first direct tax that Britain had imposed on the colonists. Events began to escalate with passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767. These taxes were created to help colonial officials become independent of the colonists by providing them with a source of income. This act led to clashes between British troops and colonists, causing the infamous Boston Massacre. These unjust requests and increasing tensions all led up to the colonist’s declaration as well as the Revolutionary War.
The French and Indian War was between the French and the English over the Ohio Valley within the years of 1754 and 1763. It started when a series of battles occurred in Ohio Valley. Ohio Valley was claimed by both the British and the French as their territory, which created serious conflict. The British were ultimately victorious, but suffered losses as well. As a result of The French and Indian war the political, economical, and ideological aspects were altered significantly between Britain and its American colonies and resulted in paving the way for the Revolutionary War.
The French and Indian wars is the general name for a series of wars and conflicts between Great Britain and France during a period of 75 years. The fought over the possession of North America for territorial expansion in general, and for the rich fur trade around the Hudson Bay region specifically.
From the period of 1754 to 1763, the British engaged in a war with the French within American territory. This war, fought due to both French and Native American hostilities, affected both the Americans view on the British and British treatment of their colonies. Ultimately, the French and Indian war lead to political, economic, and geographical changes for the American colonists and Great Britain.
The French and India war was a war that took place in today’s Pittsburgh. The war was both caused by the English and French. The English and the French both felt that they were entitled to land and each was to willing to fight and they were also, willing to go into war so they could prove that they owned the land. (odellreads.com)
Since the beginning of history, wars have been fought to gain territories, independence, or to fight against those who take away one’s rights. The French and Indian War was fought in North America over the Ohio Valley, however, it is much more than just a war to gain territory. This war opened doors to the colonists who decided that fighting for independence was something they were in need of doing. The French and Indian War was the portion of the Seven Year’s War that was fought in North America between Great Britain and France. Within every war there are winners and losers. There are never two winners in a war. With Great Britain’s anate ability to fight France overseas in the Atlantic Ocean was how they received their win in the French and Indian War. Although, Great Britain won the war while France lost, both of these countries had many positive and negative affects during and after the war.
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