With France, Britain, and Spain all seeking for land and money in North America, war was the only solution to end the power struggle. Touched off by George Washington in Ohio Valley, it started the war that eventually became known as the Seven Years War, which was the largest the world has ever seen.
The war affected the relations between the colonists and Britain in political, economical and ideological ways. The cost of the war was a diret cause to the change in the relation between the two sides economically, and it had the effect of Britain placing more taxes to pay off their debt.