The Consequences of The Seven Years War
“It is truly a miserable thing that we no sooner leave fighting our neighbors the French, but we must also fall to quarreling amongst ourselves and the English.”(Quote by Reverend Samuel Johnson of Connecticut, 1773.) The Seven Years War also known as the French and Indian War dominated colonial America for nine years from 1754-1763, causing many consequences after it ended. Some of these consequences caused rebellions, new laws, native uprisings, and many other events. Many of these events were so significant that they served as a catalyst, sparking the flame that eventually became the American Revolutionary War which began in 1775. The Seven Year’s War between the English and the French had many social, economic, and political consequences that served as a catalyst toward the American Revolution. Social, political, and economic consequences caused much anti-British sentiment that set off the spark of the American Revolution.
The Seven Year’s War had many social consequences that contributed toward the act of the American Revolution. Native uprisings were a disastrous effect of the Seven Years War. After the English won the war, they had a very large area of land that they had one from the French, the English had many problems over what they should do with the land. The English had a lot of trouble and conflict with the natives over the Ohio Valley land area. This caused the English to have major conflict with the English, the Ohio Valley tribes, and the Iroquois tribes. The Iroquois tribes sided with the English, determined to take down the French. After the War, relations between the English and the Iroquois tribes quickly began to unravel, causing major conflict. The English continuously fought over who rightfully owned the Ohio Valley land with the Iroquois tribes for over 50 years, as the Iroquois thought that the English had no right to it. After the war, the English raised the price of goods