neutral relationship with its American colonies. By upholding salutary neglect‚ the British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws‚ the American colonies remained obedient to Britain. However‚ after the French and Indian War (1754-1763)‚ Britain’s relations with its colonist were drastically altered. The war greatly damaged Britain’s economy and because of its pyrrhic victory‚ a series of taxes were implemented on the American colonists. The unfair taxation ideologically changed
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In 1763‚ the Seven Years War came to a conclusion with a British victory. Although this seemed as a celebration for the British‚ it was not for the colonists. The events that took effect after this war are the factors that led to the independence of the colonies. Some of the events that led to this were the Proclamation of 1763‚ multiple acts placed on the colonists by the British‚ and the Boston Massacre. The Proclamation of 1763 was the first event that infuriated the colonists. Before the
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Indian War. The war ended in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris. The French and Indian War created tension between Great Britain and the American colonies politically through the expansion of borders‚ economically through extreme taxes‚ and ideologically through taxation without representation. The expansion of the borders of the English territory through the Treaty of Paris created a tension between the colonies political relations with Great Britain. After the war in 1763 (Doc. A) English colonies dominated
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Terms Pontiac’s Rebellion: (1763) Indian chief Pontiac led a major attack against the colonies. The British did not rely on colonial forces‚ but instead sent their army to deal with the rebellion Proclamation Act of 1763: Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. British hoped it would prevent violence between Native Americans and colonists. The colonists were angry and disobeyed the law‚ moving to the west of the mountains in large numbers (1763) Sugar Act: (1764) Placed
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The French and Indian War had a substantial effect on the coming of the American Revolution. This war left Britain in a vast state of weakness. The Parliament imposed taxes on the colonies to try and pay off the debt left from the French and Indian War. The colonies then proceeded to boycott and protest against the government and this set in motion the extensive fight between the Parliament and the colonies that eventually lead to the American Revolution. The British government was left in a great
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British merchants were greatly affected by the colonists determined boycott protests‚ that they begged parliament to stop the Stamp Act. February 1766‚ the Act was canceled. But the British didn’t stop‚ they were resilient and came up with newer Acts and ways of taxing the American colonies. The British parliament passed Acts such as the Declaratory Act‚ the Townshend Act‚ the Tea Act and the Coercive Act that further angered the colonists by making them feel restricted‚ ignored and unfairly treated
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The Boston Tea Party took place in 1773 when colonists boarded British ships loaded with taxed tea. Colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. The colonists have the right to protest ‚and the colonists have several reasons why to protest against unruly British laws. Colonists have the freedom of speech‚ so therefore they have the right to protest the Tea Act. Because they have the right to disagree with British actions‚ they should be able to speak up and
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(notably the Stamp Act of 1765‚ the Townshend Tariffs of 1767 and the Tea Act of 1773) met with heated protest among many colonists‚ who resented their lack of representation in Parliament and demanded the same rights as other British subjects. Colonial resistance led to violence in 1770‚ when British soldiers opened fire on a mob of colonists‚ killing five men in what was known as the Boston Massacre. After December 1773‚ when a band of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded British ships and
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fishing rights. This rivalry contributed to worldwide conflit between England and France; as a result‚the rival nations fought four wars between 1689 and 1763. The first three of these wars King William’s War ‚ Queen Anne’s war‚ and King George’s war started in Europe and spread to North Amerca. The fourth war‚ fought between 1754 and 1763‚ started instead in America and spread to Europe. Because the French and Indians joined forces against the British‚ this war became known as the French and
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between political parties in which The Colonies rescinded Great Britain and their monarchy‚ deposing themselves from Britain‚ and proclaimed the founding of The United States of America. King George III published a document called The Proclamation of 1763‚ after the French and Indian War‚ England gained new land in which pushed borders back allowing more land for colonies to grow. Although the king and his council bestowed the proclamation to relieve the fears of the Indians‚ who felt that the colonists
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