EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Taxes imposed on the colonists
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Taxes placed on British soldiers
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Taxation opposed by British merchants
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Taxation controlled by the colonists
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Detailed explanation-1: -The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. 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-2: -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-3: -The French and Indian war changed the relationship between Britain and the American colonies by restoring England’s power over the colonies, creating trade restrictions between America and other nations, and forming new thoughts of revolution in the colonists.
Detailed explanation-4: -They were faced with several problems. First, there were conflicting claims over the Ohio area between Pennsylvania and Virginia. Second, decisions had to be made whether and what lands had to be set aside for sale, for farming, and for hunting and trapping.