French And Indian War And The Effects Left On The Colonies

The French and Indian War and the Effects left on the Colonies:
The French and Indian war was the 4th colonial conflict between England and France. The three previous conflicts started in Europe and travelled to the Colonies. This conflict started in the Colonies. During the beginning of this war, Britain seemed to be losing the battle. Washington seemed successful after his capture of Fort Duquesne, but the Frenchmen who walked out of the fort, came back after the British began process building Fort Necessity. The French attacked Fort Necessity for 10 hours. George Washington surrendered the fort. After William Pitt took over for the British military in the colonies, the British were able to capture the city of Louisburg. General Wolfe was

Parliament then passed the Proclamation of 1763, which called for no settlements of Colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains. Not long after the frustrating Proclamation of 1763, the Quartering Acts were passed to keep British soldiers expenses taken care of in the Colonies. This started to unsettle the Colonists. Many settlements began having town meetings. In 1764 the Sugar Act was passed by Parliament and replaced the Molasses Act. This put a direct tax on sugar. Britain decided to pass the Stamp Act promptly after. The Stamp Act put a direct tax that was paid on paper items. All paper items were required to have a stamp on them. The stamp was a direct tax. The tax would be collected by British Troops so that this tax would be enforced. The Colonies wanted to retaliate against the Stamp Act. 9 Colonies joined together to form the Stamp Act Congress. The Colonies believed that they were not being properly represented in Parliament. They gathered to write a list of Right and Grievances. The list stated that the Colonies would not buy British imports and wished to be represented in Parliament. This overall reduced the economy of Great Britain and Parliament was forced to repeal the Stamp Act to revive the

The Whigs were revolutionists. They supported the colonies rights. The Tories-as they were known by the Whigs-were loyalists. They still wanted to be under Britain control and didn’t mind the Acts that were placed on the Colonies as much. There were still people who couldn’t pick a side. About 1/3 of the Colonists had no idea which side they wanted to support. General Gage is ordered to Boston. He had intentions of capturing Samuel Adams and John Handcock. He planned an attack on Lexington and then Concord. At Lexington they won the battle, but did not capture Adams or Handcock. Gage moves his British forces to Concord where they are met with a counter attack by Colonists. These very fights begin the American War for