George Washington's Tension Between Mother England And Its Colonists

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George Washington probably never imagined that one failed military attempt against a French fort would lead to two wars and eventually his unquestioned leadership as the future president of the United States of America. Mother England, with their enormous strength and the determined colonist won a hard fought war that put Britain on top of the European power pyramid and the colonists expecting reimbursement for their efforts. With the new power came egotism, debt, enemies and lack of trust. The French and Indian War became the reason for major tension among Mother England and its colonists. Britain and the colonist’s tensions stemmed, in part, from bad feelings. The colonists saw the war as an example of their equality with Britain; Britain did not. The colonists believed they had major combat role in the war in the new world, while Britain saw them as militia men, not an army. Britain further illustrated their belief when they refused to acknowledge any colonist above the rank of colonel.…show more content…
To get rid of the debt Britain decided to use taxes. Britain began to enforce previously announced acts as well as some new ones. The Navigation Act had been in place long before the war but had never been enforced until now. New Englanders began to lose money because of the hindrance now put on the triangular trade. Britain also strongly disliked the French, and did not want the colonists using them over the British in the West Indies. Britain also needed the trade and income from the West Indies. The acts were mostly an issue in the north where most of the taxes were coming from. The north became increasingly anti-British especially when the taxes like the Stamp Act were put in place and there was no way to avoid it. The revolutionaries would later come from the
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