Compare And Contrast The French And Indian War

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French and Indian War 1754-1763 In the French and Indian War the British will defeat the French. The British will leave and enemy in the colonies to protect from the NA , attacks. Prime Minister, George Greenville, raised taxes on the Colonists to pay for the war dept. Colonists felt like they had no representation in parlement. So they spoke out against the taxation without representation. Pontiac’s Rebellion and Proclamation of 1763 Chief Pontiac didn’t like the French’s agreement to hand over some of his land. So he decided to carry over a war. The Pontiac Rebellion was being fought over the expansion of the colonies. The British was physically and financially in dept from the war. They had plans …show more content…

So the British place taxes on the sugar in order to raise enough money to buy protection. The colonists got upset because they didn’t think they started the war. So they felt like they had no representation in parliament. Sammual Adams founded the committee’s of correspondence so they can improve communication to the colonies in this department. The theme “no taxation without representation” became the committee’s slogan in the colonies. The Stamp Act 1765 The Stamp Act taxes newspapers, licenses, and colonial paper product. A series of resolutions are published stating that the stamp act violates, the rights of the colonists. (The Stamp Act repeated by Parliament 1766). “No taxation without representation”. The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains (10,000 troops were to be stationed on the American frontier for this …show more content…

for every colonie. So colonists decided to boycott these items. Townsend Act repeated in 1770 because of Tension. The result in that is the Boston Massacre. The result was the resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act. Reaction assumed revolutionary proportions in Boston, in the summer of 1768, when customs officials impounded a sloop owned by John Hancock, for violations of the trade regulations The Boston Massacre 1770 Colonists taunted and hurt Boson soldiers. The result in that is British soldiers retaleated in physical action. British soldiers fired into the crowd of colonists killing 5 of them. Colonists protested and go to court for this and loose. (Townsend Act repealed in 1770). This act relealed to take tension off from the Boston Massacre. However the will keep the tax on tea. Boston Tea Party 1773 When the tea act is passed. Making British cheaper then Colonial tea. Colonists are demanding to buy from the British, East Indian Company only. Colonists feel that this is unfair so they get mad. Colonists protest by dumping tea in the Boston Harber. This causing the Boston Tea

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