French And Indian War Research Paper

The French and Indian War ultimately shifted the global balance of power. By the mid 18th century, both the British and the French wanted to extend the North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. This land was known as the Ohio Territory. American colonists had been asking for permission to raise an army to end the French threat once and for all. This eventually le to the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War affected political, social, economic issues for both British and the colonists, as well as the Proclamation of 1763. Britain abandoned its policy of Salutary Neglect and increased their authority over colonial politics. The Proclamation of 1763 was on of the first documents issued to govern the
Britain’s plan was to collect more revenue from the colonists, due to them being in serious debt. The process of the British collecting revenue affected the colonists important import industries such as their rum production.
Before the conflict between the British wanting to collect more revenue, there was no cohesion between the thirteen colonies. After the war, the colonists felt a common bond that hadn’t existed before. The fact that the French were forced to vacate their colonies to Britain also meant that the lands west of the colonies became an attractive incentive for freedom from England. This was of course before the Proclamation of 1763 was put into action. The war greatly affected how the colonists socially interacted because they started to united with one another. The colonists had learned to unite against a common foe, which was Britain. With France removed from North America, the vast interior of the continent lay open for the Americans to colonize, but the English government did otherwise.
In conclusion, the French and Indian War affected both sides greatly. Although it created an even bigger divide between the British and the colonists, it ended up making the colonies