First to answer this question we need to
understand what the effects were for the British in the French and Indian
war. The conflict between Great Britain
and France erupted in Europe and slowly started to be fought around the world,
this war came to be known as the seven years war, and consequently this war in
American territory was named the French and Indian war. As British-American
settlers started to move westward they encounter French settlers and Indian
natives, this led to violent encounters, eventually the war lasted seven years
from 1756 to 1763 with the treaty of Paris leaving British victory and the
conquer of the French territories in America. But not everything had the taste
of victory for the British, the war was extremely expensive leaving extensive
debt and the need for quick money. In this case the British saw the perfect
opportunity for the colonies to provide the money they needed to recover from
the war with the French, as a result a series of act were pass incrementing
taxes in the colonies.
For example the
proclamation of 1763 prohibited
settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains. With this act many colonist felt
very discontent, in 1764 the sugar act and the currency act were place in to
order, the first one raised revenue by increasing duties on sugar imported from
the West Indies, and the second one banned the colonies from issuing paper
bills or bills of credit, after this acts one act that led to a enormous
discontent among the colonist was the stamp act of 1765 this act impose
taxation on all form of documents. After the tea act and the intolerable act
American colonist understood that the only way they could be represented
equally was by breaking from British rule. The first big clash between the
colonist and the British was reported in the harbor of Boston in 1773 where
lord north gave the monopoly to the East Indian Company to ship tea to the
colonies, the Americans responded to this by throwing the shipment in to the
Boston harbor. In response to this acts in 1774 the first continental congress
was organize, the main result of this reunion was the creation of an
organization to boycott the British goods, and in 1775 the continental congress
met in Philadelphia for the second time to prepare for war and for the
discussion of the declaration of independence.
In conclusion the response
that the American gave to the British acts after the French and Indian war were
of the no toleration of the acts that restricted colonist liberty’s, also the
idea of building a new nation were “All men are created equal and have the
right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. The decision of the
majority of the colonist was to fight for their building nation under the ideas
of liberty, a representative government and the equal right for all men. We can
conclude that the acts imposed by the British were harmful for them and
awakening for the Americans.
Daniel: Your blogs are good, they show some research on the mentioned topics and your opinion on key matters. On some blogs you give particular definitions (like the ones on mercantilism and colonialism). Please when you do this, tell me where did you get the definitions from. Also try and add references to your texts, so that I know which authors you are using throughout the text. Your work is good but you could strengthen your opinion and link it to other issues that you identify throughout your blog. Other than that, good work. 3.8
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