How Did The French And Indian War Affect British American Relations

The French and Indian War was a main contributing factor to the American Revolution, its aftermath altered the British-American relations tremendously. After the war, Great Britain was able to “intervene” in the colonies by restricting expansion with imposing acts, levying taxes unfairly along with colonial resistance, all shaped up the British-American relationship from 1754-1776. The Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. This restricting expansion closed off the frontier for colonial enlargement. The east coast was becoming overcrowded, and many colonists wanted to move west for a better life. Later in 1765, the Quartering Act forced colonists to house and feed British troops, practically taking away liberties colonists had. All these expansion restrictions and imposing acts hurt colonists, while gaining hatred towards Great Britain. The British Empire was in massive debt after The French and Indian war, and looked to the colonies as a source of potential wealth. The Stamp Act of 1765, imposed tax on all paper documents in the colonies. The colonists were infuriated as they felt the only people that should

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After the Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774, 56 delegates met in Philadelphia making a declaration of colonial rights, called the First Continental Congress. The declaration stated that the colonists had the right to run their own affairs and if the British interfered, they would fight back. In 1775, the colonists fought against the British at Lexington and Concord. Soon after, the Second Continental Congress formed a Continental Army, George Washington as the commander-in-chief. This resistance proved the colonists were ready to fight for their