Consequences Of The French And Indian War

The French & Indian war also known as the Seven Years War, impacted the Indians, French, and English. It devastated the French who lost, destroyed Indian alliances, and it also affected the English colonies as well. This war caused many problems for the relationship between England and the colonies and led to a future war, The American Revolution! One of the major consequences that Great Britain had to deal with was the fact that they had no money whatsoever to pay off the huge debt that lingered over them. For every victory that the British had conquered, there was a higher cost that loomed in their presence. The cost of the war had significantly enlarged and engulfed Britain’s debt which had generated conflicts between

Nevertheless, the thought of the colonists settling wherever they see fit did not please the French Indian alliances who did not accept defeat from the English. Pontiac, a powerful chief of the Ottawa Tribe attacked and raided British settlements in response to their defeat in the French & Indian War. Pontiac’s uprising would soon be disposed by the combined efforts of British and colonial soldiers but the tensions still remained high in the colonies. To induce a population movement and to diminish the violence in the colonies, the British government created the Proclamation line of 1763. This new law forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains to further separate the English settlers and Indians from each other. However, this Proclamation line backfired on the British government as it restricted trade with Indians to colonial governors and forbid private Indian sales. The boundary also seemed ineffective as population growth started to increase with hundreds of settlers crossing the line thus causing more problems for the British

In 1764, Parliament enacted the Sugar Act in order to raise revenue in the colonies for the debt. This act lowered the duty on French Molasses and elevated penalties for smugglers and smuggling. This act also strengthened enforcement policies allowing all British Crews to act as impromptu officers and inspect and naval ships that seem suspicious or seize cargoes that seemed to be in violation. This caused many revolts of vigilance among the smugglers and British crews which led to many severe confrontations in the ports. Resulting in these many confrontations, many of the colonists questioned whether the British rule was effective enough to control the colonies. By 1765, after George Greenville Sugar Act added no dent in Great Britain’s national dent, he heightened his revenue plan with the Stamp Act. No doubt that this act triggered a major conflict between the colonies and the British as the act forced a tax on all paper used for official documents. It had affected nearly everyone who had a substantial business and users of official document in legal communities. From the British point of view, the Stamp act seemed reasonable to impose a tax to raise money for debt but the colonist thought otherwise. The colonist argued that only their own assemblies could impose such a tax on them and stated that