THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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England was in massive debt following the French and Indian War.
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England was providing more rights and economic assistance to the colonies.
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The colonies had not contributed to defeating the French during the war.
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The British government was trying to raise money to expand colonies to the west.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war. Britain expected colonists to fight the war at their own expense and offered no reimbursement. The loss of colonial territory to the French made colonists lose faith in the British government.
Detailed explanation-2: -In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), the British government passes the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British crown borrowed heavily from British and Dutch bankers to bankroll the war, doubling British national debt. King George II argued that since the French and Indian War benefited the colonists by securing their borders, they should contribute to paying down the war debt.