French And Indian War Dbq Analysis

The French and Indian War was a crucial event in American history which altered economic, political and ideological relations between the American colonies and Britain forever. It changed the political relationship between England and its colonists because the English were forced to tax the colonies, due to their economical struggles, and impose regulations on colonial life. The colonists in retaliation, boycotted, which further damaging their economic relationship with Great Britain. Ideologically, the war brought up feelings of resentment from the colonies toward Britain. After the French and Indian War, France no longer had a major tract of New World land (Document A) England dominated the New World. (Document A) This led to the Proclamation of 1763, which took a toll on the political relationship between Britain and its colonies. The Native
The taxation and regulation added to the resentment that the colonies felt towards Britain due to laws like the Proclamation of 1763. The French and Indian War made soldiers realize that they had less liberty than Englishmen. A Massachusetts soldier wrote, “…and though we be Englishmen born, we are debarred [denied] Englishmen’s liberty.” (Document D) The Americans’ growing resentment helped cause the colonial rebellion that would erupt in a short while. The French and Indian War is the root cause of the American Revolution. Ideologically, feelings of resentment were brought up because of the war. Politically, Britain had to tax the colonists who thought that the taxation was unfair; this damaged their political relations. In response to taxation the colonists boycotted the British which caused the economic relationship between England and its colonies to become damaged. After the French and Indian War the political landscape of America would never be the