DBQ A constant factor throughout history is change; there was a lot of it from 1754 to 1763. The French & Indian War altered many different relations between Great Britain and the American Colonies, the most evident ones were economically, due to British policies put in place to generate more revenue to pay for the empire, politically based on control of the eastern coastline by the British, and ideologically because of how colonist’s viewed their mother country’s relationship with them. After 1763 Great Britain was in need of money to pay for the war. Britain was very successful when I came to getting funds from the colonies. From the ending of the war back to about 1651 there was a period of something known as “Salutary Neglect”.
In 1754, a war between Britain and France with their Indian allies broke out in North America that came to be known as The French and Indian War. The war ended in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris where Britain acquired Spanish Florida and all remaining French North American land (Document A). Throughout the war and for some time after, the actions of the American Colonies’ Mother Country caused many colonists to feel some resentment towards them. 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 of 1763 created a strain between Political relations with Great Britain.
This sparked a seven-year war with the French, the French tried to push British colonist out of America. In order to defend the colonist in America, the number of troops increased in colonies, these troops were sent on the expense of Britain. Even though during this time the colonies were very wealthy, British taxpayers were enduring the total expense for protection. The cost of the seven-year war was nearly 150 million pounds. In this essay I will be explaining the view of the Whigs, and also of the Troy’s (the Loyalist) of the debt and how this caused many of British colonist to rebel against their own Crown in pursuit of their independence.
Likewise, England also tightened its control on the colonies’ economy. Beginning around early 1700s, England embraced an economic theory known as mercantilism, a policy in which the colonies served to benefit the British empire. Although there were already some limitations, such as the Navigation Laws and Molasses Act, placed on the colonies before 1763, they were only loosely enforced during this period of salutary neglect. However, this soon came to an end with the British victory in the French and Indian War as Britain concluded that the colonies should aid in paying off the empire’s debt for half of it incurred from defending the colonists. Consequently, England began imposing taxes in the colonies.
He is best known as “the man who lost Britain’s American colonies.” He enjoyed knowing that the real issue at stake in the colonies was not just taxation, but power. Lord North soon led Britain to war but the war turned out a disaster. He begged King George III to allow him to resign, but he was not allowed until the war was over. In 1782, Lord North resigned after a vote of no confidence. The Tea Act took place in May of 1773, in Boston Massachusetts.
A). Therefore, they won the war but it didn’t bring them that much happiness as they thought it would. The English were controlling the eastern part of the New World until the French came and divided the land. Therefore, both countries wanted the Appalachian lands. The Indians knew about it and were angered by the Englishmen who wanted to take their land for farming.
An analysis of Britain’s imperial policies during the time period from 1763 to 1776 reveals that British policies regarding issues like taxation and political representation were directly responsible for intensifying colonial resistance to British rule and for strengthening the colonials’ commitment to republican values. Great Britain’s 1763 victory over France in the Seven Years War made it the dominate power in North America, but the challenges associated with managing such a vast Empire required British policymakers to make tough decisions in the years following the war. The Proclamation of 1763 created an incredible amount of anger not only in the colonies, but also with the Native Americans. Many of the actions that resulted from the Proclamation were simply due to the lack of cooperation between the British, colonists and Native Americans. Britain had taken what was rightfully won by the colonies, and this fueled the colonists desire for the American Revolution.
After the French Revolution though, the republic slowly began shifting to a totalitarian regime, first under the Committee of Public Safety and then completely under Napoleon Bonaparte .The facts show that the American Revolution was more successful in establishing a stable and long-lasting republican government that started a precedent for Europe, while the French Revolution’s republic failed to last, being turned into a totalitarian regime. Events leading up to the American and French Revolutions occurred for a similar reason: unfair representation. The people in the American colonies became progressively upset with Britain and its Parliament when they refused the colonists’ representation, while still imposing many different taxes on the colonists. Upset over this tax on one of their most valued imports, the colonists dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party. This showed that the colonists were willing, and able, to live without depending on the British government.
Who won the War of 1812 Many Canadians see the war of 1812 as a source of national pride. But to the British the War of 1812 was just a mild occurrence in controlling the new world and a footnote in their war against Napoleon. Today most Americans have little to no knowledge of the war, as though it was an harassment to the people to have such a blunder on an otherwise strong track record. The Americans were fighting for the end of British interference with American trade, the end of British impressing Americans into the British navy; they also had dreams of territorial expansion. They felt they could gain all of upper Canada and some of lower Canada, and they also wanted to annex Florida.
Most Americans don’t even know their names. But their voices are alive. On July 4, 1776, these men signed a compact that would shake the foundation of the world forever, a compact that stomped on the toes of royalty and corrupt aristocracy. Some would suggest that these men were selfish, creating the war for their own financial gain. However, when they signed the Declaration of Independence that fateful day, they thought little of their own interests.