How Did The French And Indian War Affect Great Britain And The Colonies

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The French and Indian war took place from 1754 and ended in 1763, the same time as the Treaty of Paris was established. This war was also known as the Seven Years’ war. This war bought many conflicts from different aspects that had an affect on Great Britain and different colonies. The war changed the relationship, politically, between Great Britain and different colonies drastically. One of the ways was the creation of the Proclamation of 1763 by George III. This gave mostly all of land control to Britain. They had the say so of which non- Indians could make that land their residency, who can make money on that land, and etc. British control was like a correctional officer telling the inmates when they can shower, eat, and have yard time. …show more content…

The Boston massacre was another huge problem that affected Britain and the relationship they had with other colonies. Boston Massacre happened in 1770. British soldiers were in Boston due to the violence that was caused by Hancock’s case. The citizens of Boston felt threatened by the soldiers. The citizens didn’t understand why the soldiers were coming on their turf and trying to dictate things. The anger that the people of Boston had was also because they found out that some of the redcoats were not only Catholic’s, but also Irish. Certain citizens and soldiers started to get out of hand and ended up in a shouting match exchanging threats and other unacceptable words. The tension was already a lot to deal with, but the Bostonians’ had even more hatred against the British soldiers when they killed an innocent little boy by shooting into a crowd that was protesting. One soldier got hit by debris and he started to use his weapon while also telling his comrades to shoot. Crispus Attucks, African-American man was unfortunately the victim of the soldier mistaking debris as the civilians attacking. All of these events made the Bostonians not trust the British at all and did not respect them politically because of the decisions that they made by having their soldiers come to

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