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The French And Indian War Altered Political, Economic, And Ideological Relations

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The French and Indian War altered political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and the American colonies in many different ways. The French and Indian war caused the British to become more involved in the politics of its colonies, such as who ran the colonies, where the colonists could move to (Proclamation Line of 1763), and increased their authority throughout the colonies which was different from their Salutary Neglect that they had in the past up until the end of the French and Indian War. The French and Indian war altered the economic relationship between Britain and her colonies in America via war debt which was being payed off by increased taxes, especially in the colonies who were the most taxed out of all British …show more content…

Politically, the British became more involved within the colonies and more British troops were left in the colonies than ever before. Economically, the colonies were being taxed by Britain because of the massive war debt after the Seven Year’s War and felt that it was unfair because Parliament was taxing them instead of their own colonial governments. Finally the ideology between Britain and her colonies was changed because during the French and Indian War Britain suffered some harsh defeats during battle which broke the belief the Britain was unbeatable and resentment towards the British was starting to spur up in the colonies more and more because of the taxes and the involvement and the control that Britain is now starting to exert over the colonies. To conclude, the French and Indian War altered the political, economic, and ideological relationships between Britain and the American colonies by the British becoming more involved within the colonies, taxes on the colonies in which they felt were unfair, and the belief that Britain was invulnerable was no longer believed by the colonies, and finally the resentment towards Britain because of the power they were now exerting over the colonies in which they had never done

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