Compare And Contrast French And Indian War

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French and Indian War Great Britain wanted land west of the Appalachian Mts., but the French wouldn’t give it up. They started a war that was fought in Europe, and Britain fought out the rest of the war in Europe and expected the colonists to pay off the remaining debt, even though the colonists couldn’t move into the land that was won. The colonists got mad because Britain expected them to pay the debt off. The Proclamation of 1763 Great Britain put in place a proclamation and told the colonies that they had to pay for the war and that the war that Britain had fought won the land, but they couldn’t move to the land that they had won. Even if the colonists paid for the land they were forbidden from moving to the land. This was put in place …show more content…

The people boycotted and refuse to buy the things Britain taxed. Then to make things worse, Britain authorize “writs of assistance” in 1767,which let the soldiers search any homes that the they thought smuggled goods. Then the Sugar Act which taxed sugar in 1764. Next the Stamp Act in 1765 that taxed almost all printed goods. Finally the Townshend Acts in 1767 that taxed all imported goods. All of these laws and Acts made the colonists boycott, so they didn’t buy any imported goods or trade with Britain. Boston Massacre On March 5, 1770, the colonists had enough of the soldiers standing there with guns ready to shoot any colonist that ticked them off so they started to make fun of and mock the soldiers and in all the chaos a soldier was shoved and accidentally shot a colonist, so in fear of the moment another soldier shot more colonists, and the colonist used this as propaganda against the soldiers. Tea Act In 1773, the East Indian tea company was having troubles and to keep the company afloat Parliament passed an act that taxed all of the tea imported into the colonies. Yet again the colonial merchants boycotted and refused to buy any tea. The Daughters of Liberty said they would rather have freedom than