THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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The British had built up a large debt
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The British wanted to encourage support from Parliament
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The French victory left British without the 13 colonies
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The colonies were becoming rebellious against British rule
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British gain a large amount of land from the French at the end of the French and Indian War. Since it was expensive to have soldiers in North America the British government began taxing the colonists to pay for these soldiers. The American colonists were upset by the taxes.
Detailed explanation-2: -One very essential element pertaining to the American Revolution was the French and Indian War. Britain’s economy was suffering because of the debt caused by the war, which led to the taxation that angered the colonists in the beginning.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Following the French and Indian War, Britain implemented a series of taxes designed to raise money to pay the debt incurred because of the War. Each of these Acts were passed in Parliament without colonial consent nor representation.