What response did the Americans give to British policies after the French and Indian war?

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.