Seven Years War: The French And Indian War

The Seven Years’ War or the French and Indian War beginning in 1754 refers to the struggle over land around the Ohio River Valley between French and Indians allies against Britain and the colonies. The French surrendered with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 but soon after a greater conflict, one between the colonies and its mother country began to brew. Despite the renewed sense of British pride in colonists after the victory, American and British tensions during the war, the oppressive way Britain treated the colonists after the war, and the colonists emerging sense of American identity tarnished the relationship between the American Colonies and their mother country.
The Americans might have seen themselves as British, but after 1763 Britain and its American colonies began to clash. Parliament became increasingly distrustful of the American colonies, especially after the French and Indian war. Unlike the authoritative British army, organized and trained for battle, the Americans were disorderly and inexperienced. Colonial soldiers saw themselves as volunteers and while many wanted to help the British, they did not feel it was their duty to do so. The British were unimpressed by the lack of
However, the French and Indian War had put Britain under an insurmountable pile of debt. To pay for the war’s debt Britain gave up their policy of salutary neglect, and began to excessively tax the colonies. The Sugar Act in 1764 and the Stamp Act in 1765 ridiculously taxed colonists, who quickly became violent and rebellious. They colonists believed the British were encroaching on their constitutional rights. In the Boston Tea Party in 1773, colonists disguised as Indians threw almost a million dollars worth of tea into Boston harbor. In retaliation, British put further oppressive measures against the colonies with the Intolerable Acts in 1774, causing unrest and steeling colonial