Seven Years War Research Paper

Entry 1 Who were and what was life like for Native Americans early on? Native Americans were the people who occupied North America prior to European explores and colonist arriving. Native Americans or Indians were comprised of many different groups or tribes the spanned the entire continent. The Indian tribes differed from one region to the next some were more reliant on agriculture, some relied heavily on hunting and fish and limited crops, while others spent more time gathering and hunting. What was freedom to the Indians? There ideas of life didn’t look at freedom as we see it today and were more in tune with their surroundings and nature. This all changed or was altered when the people of Europe began looking for new trade routes to Asia.
It was a war between the Britain, France and Spain from 1754 to 1763 and was a result of all three kingdoms trying to establish dominance over one another. It was took place in North and South America as well as the Caribbean. It would also drag the colonist and Indians into the war as well. What was biggest impact of the seven years’ war? One of the largest impacts of the war was the emergence of England’s power over Europe. That and the redistribution of lands after the way that brought about the consolidation of North America east of the Mississippi river. The consolidation took in account the colonist from Europe and allowed them to sell their land move but left the Indians who didn’t side with England high and dry. This lead to rebellions by the Indians, like Pontiacs
Following the war England has racked up enormous debt and even more land, and in order to manage it all they started to impose new laws and taxes on the colonies. This was in an effort to make the colonies help pay for the war. What were the effects of the new laws and taxes on the colonies? The new laws put more strain on the colonist started a lot of political unrest. While the taxes started out small and eventually cause such an uproar due taxation without representation. The unrest from the taxes and laws boiled over to the street with situations like the Boston Massacre, and Boston tea party. All of this eventually led to the Intolerable Acts, where the Boston Port was closed till the destroyed tea was paid off, in addition to signing of the Quebec Act. The Quebec act was viewed as a way of giving more power and legitimacy to the Catholics, which made the protestant colonist angry. All these acts taken together eventually led to an outbreak of war with