In the mid to late 1700s England’s period of little involvement with the American colonies came to an end. When the British came over to fight, and eventually win, for the Americas they finally saw how much had developed. The British victory over the French in North America inevitably led to the American Revolution because it caused massive debt for England, and it ended the Era of Salutatory Effect for the colonists The British involvement in the French and Indian war ended up putting them in severe debt. Wars are expensive endeavors, the country must provide soldiers with food, clothing, weapons, transportation, payment for their services, and compensate families for losses. During the French and Indian war, also known by England as the …show more content…
After leaving the colonies alone for nearly 100 years then coming overseas and winning the Seven Years war, the English saw how developed their colonies had become and began to take advantage of them. Since their soldiers were stationed in America, parliament passed the Quartering Act, which allowed soldiers to take up residence anywhere they pleased and treat the owners in any manner. Britain also began restricting the colonists with numerous acts and laws violating their freedoms. The Currency Act prohibited the issue of new bills of credit by New England colonies. The Navigation Acts were acts that forced English colonies to send all produced goods strait, and only, to England, and prohibited any smuggling. The English colonies were technically not allowed to produce their own goods or buy from anywhere other than Britain, only buy them from England at a higher price so that their industry and economy would be built up again from debt and unemployment due to the ending of the war. This poor treatment due to England coming over to fight for us set the foundation for what would one day lead us to become independent. Of course many colonists weren’t going to heed to everything that England commanded, white men and even women were standing up for their rights. For example the Daughters of Liberty were a group of ladies dedicated to boycotting British goods and producing …show more content…
This is due to the fact that England racked up enormous debt and felt the need to end the Era of Salutatory Effect on the American colonists. Early English colonist’s efforts to protect their freedom is not unlike that of efforts of later American citizens of the south in the Civil war. In the mid-1800s America started to form a more comprised government and began to take rule and bring together all of the colonies. Southern states did not want to adhere whenever the capital said to, though they were expected to do so. When the northern states started getting rid of slavery the other half was expected to comply, but southerners were not going to sit back and watch their whole workforce for their main economy be taken away. With courage they revolted and disbanded from the union to stand up for their rights just as English settlers had done to create the free nation of
After the French and Indian War, the price of financing the colonies soared to £350,000 a year. Although England was pouring a vast amount of money into the colonies, it was receiving relatively little in return for their investment. Furthermore, England had acquired an enormous debt from the French and Indian War. The members of Parliament reasoned that since so much money was being spent for the colonists, perhaps they should help pay off the debt. It was also becoming increasingly difficult to govern the constantly-growing colonies.
When England saw the colonies had expanded and became self-sufficient England become worried. The American colonists were able to provide for themselves and even had a surplus to trade with
While under Britain’s rule, the colonists were used as revenue to aid the mother country. Although Britain took home the Seven Years War victory, the victory was costly and they needed money immediately. So
Woolen Act: passed in 1699, colonies had to buy wool from England only; protests attempted by using other material instead of wool but did little to bring change . Dominion of New England: James II dispatched a governor (Andros) to enforce the laws in New England but ultimately failed; important because Britain tried to intervene in colonial affairs as early as the seventeenth century . Salutary Neglect: Britain did not act much towards colonists in the time leading up until the Seven Years’ War; time of culture among the colonists diverging away from that of Britain and colonies had to create government among themselves for the most part . Bacon’s Rebellion: poor Virginians wanted land on Native AMerican territory because all the good land had already been taken; Nathaniel Bacon went against the order of Governor William Berkeley and attacked the Native Americans and then
Before that time it seemed as if all Britain was doing was using their legal authority to regulate trade in the colonies that were a part of Great Britain, which makes sense (For the Record 103). But shortly after the French and Indian War ended, Britain imposed the Stamp Act. Another trade related reason that caused the American Revolution is mentioned in Common Sense: Britain was surrounded by other Kingdoms which would make it easy for other power to go to war with them. If this would have ever happened, trade in America would be ruined. It would be extremely difficult to survive if one could not import necessities from another.
Fostering many new colonies throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, Britain enacted several strict laws intended to restrict colonial manufacturing and benefit their economy. As these acts eventually only led to illegal smuggling and unregulated trade, the British finally gave in and practiced the policy of salutary neglect for a majority of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Under this policy, laws regarding trade regulations were loosely enforced, and colonists favored this relationship for many years. However, this all came to an end with the French and Indian War, which caused Britain to accumulate enormous debt. Throughout the course of the war, the political, economic, and ideological relationship between the British and its colonies
Soon, they got themselves tangled in a war with the French, which was fought in 3 different theatres; Europe, India, and North America. The wars were extremely expensive. (French Revolution) The British tried to pay of the debts earlier, but when the 7-year war ended, they expected the Americas to contribute to the cost. After all, they did defend them from the French and the
Between 1763 and 1775, there were three ‘Imperial Crises’ which occurred between the British and the American colonists. The conflict that was produced during this period arose through an undefined balance of political and economic power between the two parties. In 1763, Britain had just concluded the French and Indian war and was left with an immense and almost crippling debt of around 140 million pounds sterling (“Turning Point In American History”). In Britain’s eyes, the most effective way to reduce this debt was increased taxes. Unfortunately, the people of England were already massively overtaxed, which meant the last option for the British was to tax the American colonists.
The British government was not looking for the best of the people. They were only thinking about what they wanted; the government was not interested in what the people wanted so they decided to make decisions on their own, which resulted in changes that form the United States today. Because of this, they were justified in rebelling and declaring independence. One reason why the colonists decided to rebel and declare independence was because of taxation.
One time the British passed a law that allowed the british soldiers to forcefully live in the colonists’ home! The colonies started out to benefit Great Britain, but after one war and lots of laws, the colonies were going to be part of a revolution. What was the American Revolution about? Economic Rights or Civil Liberties? On one hand the British instilled unfair regulations on trade and goods.
The French and Indian War left England with a debt of £130,000,000. To help pay off the debt Britain set up taxes, to collect money, on frequently used products by the colonists. The Molasses Act put a six pence tax on every gallon of molasses. The colonists thought this was a lot of money to pay so they did everything to avoid it. This act was not really enforced and the colonists did not really obey this act.
The Britain felt that it was only natural that the American colony would pay the mother country more for their protection after the Seven Years War with France. England was trying to relieve some tax burdens by increasing the tax on the colonies (xix). “that the main purpose of country’s overseas possessions were to serve the business interest of British merchants and manufacturers and to provide the mother country with raw materials” (xvii). However, such increase in demand, and pressure seemed unfair to the American colony despite the fact that they had been paying less tax compared to an English
The people of America (colonists) were tired of being controlled by England. They wanted to be free and independent. They believed that they were able to control themselves and be their own country. They wanted England to let go of their control and to view them as independent and their own country.
The colonies reactions to England’s attempts to exert control over its colonies show the glaring contradiction between the development of slavery and self-government in the Americas for not just the Southern colonies but all of them. The colonies were okay with
Britain had to find a new way of controlling the Colonies. Before the war, England pursued