THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Many shipbuilders gained wealth as a result of supplying the military.
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Many farmers lost money when the military raided their crop stores.
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Many colonists gained greater wealth as the British lowered taxes.
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Many colonists lost money as British troops drove them from their homes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The war nearly doubled the British national debt, from £75 million in 1756 to £133 million in 1763. Interest payments alone consumed over half the national budget, and the continuing military presence in North America was a constant drain. The Empire needed more revenue to replenish its dwindling coffers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: An economic effect of the French and Indian War on American colonists was that. A)manycolonists gained wealth from food and supplies sold to the British army.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British settlers wanted to farm the land, the British traders wanted to trade with the American Indians, and the British land speculators wanted to buy the land so they could make a profit selling it. It was clear there was going to be conflict.