almost changing systems by first making the mayflower compact. This agreement was showing a beginning of self-government. After the colonist separated from the British monarchy, they developed a democracy. The French and Indian war changed the relationship between Britain and the colonies excessively. The war made Britain go into debt, which then caused the British to tax the American colonies in order to collect revenue. The reason the British raised the colonies taxes was because they said they had sent their men and spent money just to protect them. The British Order in Council found the revenue being collected from the colonist small, which was why they decided to increase it. (DOC F). The British imposed the stamp act as a way to decrease their debt.
People had many different views on the relationship between the colonies and Britain. The colonist were starting to show resentment towards the British, which led to the colonist to want to be independent from them. Before the war, the colonist knew that their land was valuable. The colonist asked the representatives to remove the men from their lands. (DOC B). In addition, Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to John Hughs to propose the repealing of the stamp act. Franklin knew that this attempt could fail but he wanted it removed because of taxation without representation. (DOC G) The relationship between the British and the American colonies altered politically because of the British taking control of the eastern coastline, economically, how the British policies raised revenue to raise money, and ideologically, it raised resentment towards the British.