Why did British policies after the French and Indian War lead to increased tension with colonists?
In a word - taxes. Taxes to cover the expense of that war. Taxes were the single most important point of tension between the colonists and the British crown. Britain had spent 90 million pounds during the French and Indian War. The British felt that Americans should share the expense of the war which was fought in large measure for the protection of the colonists. Deficit spending was very undesirable in the thinking of economists at that time. To make up deficits in the treasury, the British added new taxes that the colonists rebelled against.
Who benefited most from the french and indian war? the british colonists or the prime minister?
The British colonists had new territories opened to them for settlement, so they directly benefitted. On the other hand, the government taxed them to pay for the war (and since they had no representation in Parliament, this was the "Taxation without representation" that prompted the movement for independence.) Technically speaking Britain didn't even have a Prime Minister until 1905. This is what Encarta says about George Grenville: George Grenville (1712-70), British prime minister (1763-65), born in London, and educated at Christ Church College, University of Oxford. In 1741 he became a member of Parliament, where he served for the rest of his life. Except for a brief period in 1757, he held office as treasurer of the navy from 1754 until 1762. Grenville was leader of the House of Commons and a member of the cabinet in 1761. In 1762-63 he occupied the post of first lord of the admiralty. In the latter year he was named prime minister, first lord of the treasury, and chancellor of the Exchequer. During his administration, libel proceedings were started against the popular member of Parliament John Wilkes for his criticisms of King George III, and the Stamp Act, one of the chief causes of friction between Great Britain and the American colonies, was enacted. Grenville came into frequent conflict with the king, who dismissed him in 1765. He was known in Parliament as the Gentle Shepherd after William Pitt the Elder (Lord Chatham) recited the words of a popular song “Gentle Shepherd, tell me where!” in reply to Grenville's querulous request that Parliament direct him where to impose new taxes.
Besides the colonists, who else did the British tax after the French Indian War?
The Englishmen living in the 13 colonies were taxed much less then their brethren at home. The rebel colonials fought a war because they were being asked to pay any tax at all by their government. The reader may be surprised at this, thinking that taxes, like death, are inevitable. However they had had up to that time a very small tax burden. They were more free than just about anyone alive on the planet at that time. Nevertheless some of them, mainly wealthy landowners and merchants thought they shouldn't be forced to pay for their own defence and branded their government as tyrannical, persuading some 30% of the population to join them.They eventually won the day after the French decided to meddle in affairs nothing to do with them and so since then the inhabitants of the United States have never been taxed again. (I hope I got that last bit right)
What did the British do with the land they won from the French and Indian war?
Long history lesson ahead, do not read for the sake of your sanity.*Consider yourself warned*Starting off, let me change the name of the war. I’ll call it the French vs. The Indians/British/Colonies(Baby America).From this statement, it sounds like France was pretty much done for.And they were.The IBC ended up dominating the war, but it was Britain and the Colonists who sided with the Indians only because they wanted the land to each themselves.A pretty good compromise would be that the Indians get most of the land, and Britain and the Colonies get some on the side.But some guy in the Parliament thought that none of the colonies should expand westward, and all the others agreed.So the British issued the Proclamation of 1763 after the war had ended.The Proclamation stated that there would be no settlments issued by the Colonists west of the Appalachian mountains.The colonists tried to ask Britain ‘politely’ for a piece of the land, since the French & Indian war was fought over the territory. But Britain followed through with the original idea, and forbade all the settlements west for the Colonies.But the Colonists decide to settle there anyway, since that land was what the war had been fought for.Britain found out about this, and it was one of the sparks of the American Revolution.But that’s for a different lesson, so I’ll stop right here.TL:DR Britain gave most of it to the Indians, but didn’t use much of what they were granted. A waste if you ask me.
How did the French and Indian war (help) lead to colonial unity?
Now for an answer that is actually right. 1. The French and Indian War united many colonists in a battle against a common set of enemies--the French and the Indians. Prior to the outbreak of the war there were strong colonial rivalries between the various northern and southern colonies as well as the easternn and western colonies. But when the French and the Indians became a common enemy the colonists, from all over, were united. 2. Following the French and Indian War the unification continued as the BRITISH now became the common enemy of the colonists. With the passage of the Proclamation of 1763 and the various tax measures signed by the British after the war the colonists began to see their relationship as an "Us" versus "Them" relationship. All because of the French and Indian War.
How did the french and indian war lead to tension between the colonies and the british government?
the french and indian war lead to tension because then the British government had to pay for weapons and such to win the fight- resulting in them falling into a lot of debt. then, to pay it off King George the third decided to tax the colonists with Acts like the Stamp Act and Sugar Act , which the American colonists hated. They revolted and caused trouble for Britian with riots, the boston tea party, and battles, which was basically the tension.
Why were colonists proud to be a part of the British empire when the 7 years war started,but not when it ended?
At the end of the war the Colonists had learned that England was too far away to really govern them. It took weeks to get a message across the Atlantic and with England occupied with a world war, there wasn't a lot of outside support coming in to help the Colonists. The end of the war also left England deeply in debt. It raised taxes and started to enforce laws that had been on the books but never enforced. Having fought the war and also gone into debt the Colonists didn't see that as fair. Last, England gained vast areas of territory from France. The Colonists wanted to expand westward but were prevented by the English government. They didn't want to have the Native Americans start a second war.
Why is the "British and French war" known by the name of the "French and Indian war"?
The French and British War is not how that war is known in history. It is known as the Seven Years' War.In the above image the green parts are the countries on the French side and the bule parts are the countries on British sideThe main part of the war was fought during 1756-1783. But that actual fighting was already preceded by two years in North America. So from an American perspective the war was their first much before it was Europe's as they were already fighting French and their allied native Indians since 1754. Hence the name French and Indian war stuck on to this day in American history.On the otherhand, in India that war is called Third Carnatic War. Similarly in Sweden it is known as the Pomeranian War, in Germany and Austria the Third Silesian War.
How did the french and indian war contribute to the american revolution?
At the end of the Seven Years War, the attitude of the British and the colonist were totally changed toward one another. Even though Benjamin Franklin attempted to unite the colonist against the French was not successful, many of the colonial leaders had a negative attitude against England and in turn were very slow to provide support for the war. This led Britain to believe that the American's were not grateful enough for the sacrifice Britain had made defending the colonists from the threats of the French. The British were in debt terribly after the war was over. The British believed it was the colonist obligation to pay for the funds the British Empire had spent on defending the colonist from the threat of the French. As a result, the British taxed the colonist quite hardly and in turn ticked the colonist off. The colonist thought they didn't need to pay taxes because they already had paid for the war effort. Besides that, they didn't have representation in the parliament. They were willing to pay the taxes as long as they had a say in the Government, but they were never provided that opportunity. The British were quite frustrated with the stubbornness of the colonist and the colonists were frustrated with the greediness of the British. At the end of the Seven Years War, Britain left troops in America. The colonist absolutely despised the British officers that were left in the colonies. It made the colonists think that England did not trust them. They were used to their independence and were not ready for this change in freedom. This led to several bloody conflicts between the colonists and Britain's army. The war allowed several colonists to gain experience in the art of war. Important military figures were involved in this training, including George Washington. The Treaty of Paris allowed colonist to move west, and gave them more opportunities to make a living. What began with several bloody battles and wars, finally ended in one long war. Even though this war took care of the threat of France to the colonist, it destroyed the colonist's and Britain's friendship; a great factor in other events to come. Great Britain passed several laws called the Intolerable Acts ( first being the Quartering Act) which bound the colonies together in protest and was a precursor to the American Revolution.