French and Indian War

The French and Indian war (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American Colonies. During the period between 1763 and 1775 the most significant changes occurred in the dynamic pursuit of land acquisition and economics. The French and Indian War altered the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. English debt lead to unfair taxation of the colonists, and this changed the way they felt about their mother country. The dispute between the Native Americans, French, and the British over land was the direct domino effect resulting in the French and Indian war which caused the significant 145 million dollars in war debt. Parliament's decisions to input reparations enraged the colonists because of lack of representation.

The French and Indian war was a rivalry amongst the French, British, and Native Americans (Indians) to coexist with each other and battled over who should own the majority of land. The only way they could settle who have right of ownership to the land was through war therefore earning the name French and Indian War. The allies, the French and the Indians outmaneuver and deceived the British by not succumbing to the traditional line formation British warfare. So, even though the British outnumbered the French, they camouflaged themselves in the wood s and shot at the British troops. The French supported and supplied guns and an assortment of weapons to the Indians. This combination leads to the victory of the French in the French and Indian war.

Britain was left with 145 million dollars in debt in which British Parliament decided the way to repay the war debt off was by instituting new laws to tax the colonists, as a way of penalizing the primary catalysts of the war. Other political changes included Britain's abandonment through the salutary neglect policy. In other words the British did not enforce the commerce laws in which colonists were free to trade with other nations. So, the colonists felt that they were their own society and were inhibited by Britain's sudden change of leniency. After the French and Indian War, England was left with the deep debt they had acquired during the previous years. In turn, they began to strictly regulate trade, and impose taxes on commonly used items. Although Britain attributed these changes to their expansion in territory," the colonists were infuriated. They felt this was unjust taxation. The colonists revolted in outrage because they had no one to represent them in Parliament and support their perspectives. Parliament passed the taxation most widely known as the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Tea Act. The first Act to go into effect was the Sugar Act put in effect in 1764. The British monopolized the whole trade market putting a tax on all imported sugar into the colonies. Then, the Stamp