7 Years War: The French And Indian War

The 7 Years War (The French and Indian War) originated from the land disputes in the Ohio River Valley. The British colonies had begun to expand westwards to take part in the lucrative fur industry that the French had fully invested in. Because the French wanted to prevent the British from taking away from their fur trade, the French built a chain of forts in the Ohio River Valley. As the French were essentially blocking the British from expanding westwards, the Virginian governor sent an armed militia led by George Washington to the Ohio River Valley. The tensions escalated into a war from this.

2. As the British were victorious in the 7 Years War, they and the colonists had “won” the land in the Ohio River Valley. However, as the battle
The British tried to assert tighter control over the colonies after the 7 Years War because they believed they had to protect them and make them pay for the debts they were raking up from said protection. One instance was the Proclamation of 1763 where the British prevented the colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. This restricted the movement of the colonist, and made the colonist from disconnected and used by the British, as they had just fought a difficult battle to win the lands they were prevented from going to. In addition, the British made the Stamp Act which was the first direct tax collected from every single colonist who would purchase most printed papers. This infuriated the colonists as they had to pay taxes to a government that gave them no physical representation in Parliament. This act led to the creation of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, which was a radical separatist group that would intimidate tax agents. A third instance where they took more control of the colonies was when they created the “Intolerable Acts,” or the Coercive Acts. These were laws created in with the goal of retaliating against the Boston Tea Party. It punished the people of Boston and Massachusetts by prohibiting trade into and out of the port, reduced power of the Massachusetts legislature, and allowed royal officials to be tired in England rather than in the colonies. These acts were the final straw for the Colonists and 12 colonies, Georgia did not, sent
The central argument between the two groups was the existence a federal government. The Federalists wanted a federal government, which they believed was necessary to preserve the Union. The Anti-Federalists wanted the majority of the power to rest in the states, just like the Articles of Confederation. Because the Federalists eventually were able to create the Constitution, which set up the new federal government, in conjuncture with the regional governments, the Anti-Federalists created a Bill of Rights to go along with the Constitution. This Bill of Rights would prevent the central government from limiting democracy or restricting the states’/peoples’ rights. Furthermore, the Anti-Federalists believed a tyrannical government could be prevented because of there Bill of Rights.

10. In the 1790s, two political parties surrounded the actions of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. The Federalists supported the actions of Hamilton who wanted to consolidate debt and pay it off with a national bank. Jefferson did not want to create a national bank and opposed the high tariffs the Federalists wanted. However, the parties were more easily defined by the side they took during the French Revolution. The Federalists did not want to involve themselves with the Revolution, but the Democratic-Republicans did want to because they believed France was their