French and Indian War:
In 1754, the French and Indian War, also called the "Seven Years' War," began when American colonists clashed with French soldiers in a region of the Ohio valley claimed by the French, the colonists, and the local Indians.
Discuss the immdiate impact of this war, including both short-term and long-term results.
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When American colonists clashed with the French soldiers in a region of the Ohio valley claimed by the French, the colonists, and the local Indians; the French and Indian War had both short-term and long-term results.
ReplyDeleteA short-term implication resulting from the French and Indian War was the relationship between the colonists and their home government. Not only did the victory leave Britain as the dominant naval power in the world; but also, the French, the Spanish, and the Native Americans would no longer attack the colonists. However, the British came out of the war thinking that the colonists were not prepared for war and that the colonists didn’t want to defend the expanding British Empire; however, the colonists thought differently. The colonists were happy with their military militia, and believed that the British leadership was poor and that the British troops couldn’t accurately maneuver the densely wooded terrain.
Long-term implications resulting from the French and Indian War are that the British had to deal with their war debt. The French, who began to harbor anger towards the British, ceded Louisiana to Spain; so that Spain could compensate for the loss of Florida. Also, the Native Americans, who sided with the French, were left without allies in a now sour United States.
The French and Indian War between the American colonies and French soldiers in 1754 resulted in the relationship change between the colonists and Great Britain as well as the short-term effect of the Albany Plan of Union and the long-term effect of introducing George Washington into an official military position. The effects of the Seven Years’ War caused an immediate shift in the amount of importance European countries felt about their colonies, the short term bonding of colonies under the Albany Plan of Union, and the long term expansion of British colonial land.
ReplyDeleteBritish victory in the French and Indian War along with the methods taken and opinions formed during the war shaped the American colonists with the short and long term effects that resulted from the war. When Britain won the French and Indian War, the victory confirmed that Britain was now the world naval power. The victory also had the immediate impact of England looking at the colonies as an important asset that was unable to successfully defend itself against foreign threat. Because Britain had a low opinion of the colonial military, Britain put into effect the Albany Plan of Union, delegates from different colonies coming together to recruit troops and pay taxes. Though this plan was short-lived due to colonists’ refusal to give up taxation, it set the precedent for a unifying colonial constitution that would later govern the colonies as The United States of America. The French and Indian War also resulted in the Peace of Paris which granted Great Britain more colonial land in French Canada and Spanish Florida; this land would later become part of the United States after the American Revolution. George Washington, a colonel during the Seven Years’ War, made one of his first appearances to the colonists when he won a small initial battle; though he later surrendered to French forces on July 3, 1754, George Washington’s military debut put him in a position to be one of the few chosen in the 1770s to help lead the colonists into a revolution and the one chosen to govern the new country as President of the United States.
The French and Indian War was the last and most important war that was fought between France, Spain, and England over territory in the Americas. The seven years’ war, as it was called by the English, had both short-term and long-term effects that would change the way other nations, colonies included, viewed England.
ReplyDeleteIn the years following the war, the 1763 Peace of Paris treaty was signed. The terms of this treaty set by England and agreed upon by France England French Canada and Spanish Florida. To make up for Spain’s loss, France also gave up its territory to the west of the Mississippi River, Louisiana. By the time the treaty was signed, France had virtually given up all its claims in the New World and was no longer a threat. With Britain’s new status of being the world’s greatest naval power it ensured that its colonists would never have to fear attacks from Spanish or Native fronts. England had succeeded Spain in becoming the most influential country in the New World and one of the most powerful worldwide.
The more long-term effects of the war came in the form of dissention between the English in the colonies and the English in the home land. The English viewed the colonists as unable to defend themselves and unwilling to contribute to funds for their own protection. On the other hand the colonists, who thought they could easily protect their homes and families with their own forces, saw no need in paying for what they could do themselves. The colonists were partially right. They had been defending themselves from attacks by the Natives over the years quite well, yet they did need the British’s help when the French, who had an organized army with weapons that outnumbered those possessed by colonists, joined the fray. Without help from their motherland, the colonists surely would have been massacred by the French Army who also had tribes of Natives as allies.
With the colonist’s reluctance to pay for their protection, Britain began to feel that they had been too lax with their control of the colonies and thus had to reassert their authority. They began to enforce the Navigation Acts more aggressively and tax the colonies for the sake of reducing the heavier taxes that plagued England. After the Native rebellion led by Chief Pontiac, the English government also restricted American colonization past the Appalachian Mountains in an effort to appease the Native tribes so they would cease attacking the colonists. The colonists though were outraged with the restriction and believed the government was acting out of its limits. As a result colonists began a mass exodus of sorts past the mountain range to show their defiance. Tensions between the colonies and the Mainland would continue to rise in the coming decades and eventually overflow into necessary war.
The French and Indian War was the beginning of British domination from a military standpoint. Immediately after winning the war, no one felt that they could successfully challenge the British Empire. They now had control of more land, more resources, and more people. This looming realization did not harbor all opposition, however.
ReplyDeletePontiac's rebellion was the "first major test of the new British imperial policy." This, of course, caused Britain to send more officers to control the rebellious people. On top of this, they issued a proclamation that kept colonists from settling west of the Appalachians in order to keep the peace. This was only the first in a chain of acts that the British government used to control their conquests (The Sugar, Quartering, Stamp, Declaratory, Townshed, Intolerable, and Quebec acts followed.).
Every one of these acts angered the American people. There were several retaliations from the American people, including the formation of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party. There was, of course, the Boston Massacre in between these two events, which was the event during which British soldiers shot and killed five citizens during a protest. I believe this was an important time for the American people in the sense that they were able to learn to fend for themselves, to oppose unjust authority. This would become useful in later years when America was faced with its own World Wars.
This new attitude that the American people adopted triggered an interest in a European movement called the Enlightenment, which tended to open the mind of the American people. When I think about the ideas that America seems to be open to in today's world, I have to believe that the Enlightenment was that first step into a broader world of thinking.
The mid-1700s conflict known as the French and Indian War altered both colonial and royal perceptions of the colonies immediately after the Peace of Paris was signed in 1763. These new perceptions affected the colonies on many levels—both on the British short-term and the American long-term.
ReplyDeleteThe greatest short-term effect of the war that impacted Great Britain emerged directly from its ultimate victory in the conflict. After the signing of a peace treaty, the British acquired both formerly French Canada and formerly Spanish Florida. This massive gain in territory, along with Great Britain’s newly found establishment as a dominant naval power, gave the British crown a feeling of unrivaled supremacy in America. In addition, this outcome greatly changed the British perception of the colonies themselves. In British opinion, colonial troops were unorganized and poorly trained, despite their assistance in the war effort. In order to maintain their foothold on the North American frontier, the British crown adopted a policy of forceful control in the colonies. Both the French and Indian War and the conflicts that fell before it forcefully struck Britain’s national finances, prompting the crown to find more ways to profit from the colonies by burdening them with the responsibility of maintaining domestic finances. Such a burden weighed heavy on the colonists, and, in turn, it caused colonial perceptions of the British government to greatly shift.
The long-term effects of the war were brought out solely by that new American perception. By the end of the war, colonists gained a new opinion of their British superiors. Being rather proud of their militia’s defensive might in the conflict, they dismissed the ability of the British military, favoring their own troops who shared a familiarity for America’s terrain and the methods of war that best suited it. This caused many Americans to see the stationing of British troops on the continent as a meaningless occupation; the colonial militia can defend itself in the eyes of the colonists. This new perception would later brew thoughts of revolution in the minds of colonists, ultimately causing the creation of a post-colonial union. Earlier during the war, a congress in Albany attempted to devise a plan for supporting the colonial war effort through taxation. Even though none of the colonies’ representatives agreed upon the levels of taxation and caused the plan to ultimately fall through, the Albany Congress would later be mirrored by the more functional Continental Congress that would go on to creating an entirely new nation. The French and Indian War caused many Americans to see the colonies’ as a collective union for the first time in history.
One of the initial impacts of the French and Indian War was that more troops were sent to the colonies because the colonies were more important than originally thought by the motherlands. People in the motherlands became more interested in the colonies.
ReplyDeleteWhen more troops were sent in, people started to coalesce and see what could be done to aid the situation at hand. Delegates for the British met in Albany, New York, but nothing could be settled because no agreement was reached. The English colonies were finally victorious because Quebec was taken and then the French signed a peace treaty.
After the war, the English colonies felt safer and no longer felt threatened by attacks by the French. Britain became an unchallenged supremacy in North America. People in Britain thought poorly of the colonial military efforts and thought the American militia was untrained and disorderly because troops from Britain had to be sent in. And because some colonies refused to send troops, nor supplies, people in Britain thought that the colonial borders couldn’t be protected and were vulnerable. Colonists came away with a different view. The colonies thought they had done a decent job against the French and thought that they could successfully defend themselves. They were also not impressed with the leadership of British, nor were they impressed with British troops because their warfare method seemed unsuccessful in the wooded area.
The war didnt just effect the French and Indians ,but also hurted the British and Spanish. Britian said that the french "provoked" the war. In the Ohio River Valley the french built a chain of forts.
ReplyDeleteGreat Britan established the country as the "dominate naval power in the world". This helped them because now the Americans didnt have to face the threat of attacks from the enemy. This is an short term effect because the colonies challenged this in the long run. The Pontiac's rebellion was a short term also because the indians had trusted the british , but the settlers was still moving westward and they didnt offer gifts like the french.This made them rebel.
The british came away fro the war at first. The colonies was refusing to help with troops and money to help with the war making this a long term effect because colonists rebel and still try not to contribute with the war making the goverment tax goods.Also an long term effect was reorganization of the British empire. The goverment had little control over the colonies and its navigation laws regulation colonial trade to go unenforced.
In 1754, the French built a chain of forts in the Ohio River Valley, inciting the start of the French and Indian War. After a few initial wins by the British, the French drove back a British invasion of French Canada in 1756 and 1757. Representatives from several British colonies met in a congress at Albany, New York to coordinate colonial defense. The delegates formed the Albany Plan of Union which provided an intercolonial government and a system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes. The plan never took effect due to each colony’s greed over taxation powers. After refocusing their objective to conquering Canada, the British military retook Louisbourg and gained Quebec and Montreal. With these victories and the signing of the Peace of Paris, the British extended their control of North America, and French power on the continent essentially ended.
ReplyDeleteGreat Britain’s victory in the French and Indian war gave it unchallenged supremacy in North America and established that country as the dominant naval power. The greatest consequence of the war was the change in relationship between the British government and the colonies. After the war the British thought poorly of the colonial military effort. Some of the colonies refused to contribute to the war effort, so because of that the British were convinced that the colonies were unwillingly and unable to support or defend new British territory. The colonies on the other hand were pleased with their military performance and had confidence that they could provide their own defense. Although they were not impressed with British troops or their leadership.
The French and Indian War utterly changed North America forever.
ReplyDeleteThe British victory made a huge impact on the American landscape. Britain gained control of many territories in such as French Canada and Spanish Florida. Victory also made it an unchallenged force in America and established it as the world’s greatest naval power. The colonies were no longer threatened by outside attacks.
Along with the win came a big division between the British and the colonies. The separation began with Great Britain’s low opinion of the colonies’ efforts in the war. They held the colonies “in contempt as a poorly trained, disorderly rabble.” On the other hand, the colonists were proud of their efforts and were unimpressed with the British troops and leadership.
Because of these new views amongst the British, a number of changes were enforced in the colonies, one being Great Britain’s increase in direct control. The newfound need to maintain a large military to protect the colonists combined with the expenses of the war led to new taxes, laws, and inconveniences. The first of these was the Proclamation of 1763 which deemed settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains as prohibited. Instead of obeying, they colonists sent even more settlers west. The Sugar Act put taxes on foreign sugar and “certain luxuries” and tightened the regulations of the Navigation Act to stop smuggling. The Quartering Act forced the colonists to house British soldiers. The Stamp Act put a direct tax on most paper goods, from legal documents to newspapers to playing cards. The colonists boycotted British imports, leading to the repeal of the Stamp Act. The Declaratory Act gave Parliament the right to tax and make laws for the colonies at its own will. The Townsend Acts were a group of laws that taxed imports of tea, glass, and paper and used that money to pay the king’s officials in the colonies; allowed private homes to be searched for smuggled goods with nothing more than a writ of assistance; and suspended New York’s assembly as a punishment for defying the Quartering Act. These acts were later repealed with one small tax on tea remaining as a reminder of Parliament’s power.
Numerous more happenings strengthened the colonists’ desire to revolt against the mother land. The first was the Boston Massacre in which British guards fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five. In different areas of Massachusetts, Samuel Adams began organizing committees that would exchange correspondence about potentially threatening British activities, further goading the anti-British feelings arising in America. The British ship used to catch smugglers, the Gaspee, ran ashore in Rhode Island. Colonists took the opportunity to destroy it by dressing as Native Americans, ordering the crew ashore, and setting fire to the ship. In a futile attempt to regain the colonists’ business in the tea industry, the British passed the Tea Act which made British tea even cheaper than the smuggled Dutch tea. Still, Americans refused to purchase British tea out of defiance of Parliament’s right to tax. Instead, they again dressed as Native Americans, boarded a British ship, and destroyed hundreds of chests of tea. This resulted in the passing of Intolerable Acts in 1774. The Port Act closed the port of Boston, stopping trade in the harbor until the destroyed tea was paid for; the Massachusetts Government Act reduced the colony’s legislative power and increased the royal governor’s power; the Administration of Justice Act said that accused royal officials could be tried in England instead of the colonies; and the fourth law said that British troops were to be housed in private homes in all colonies. The last big act was the Quebec Act. This law claimed Roman Catholicism as Quebec’s official religion, created a new government with no representative assembly, and extended the southwestern border to the Ohio River. This created fear and even more anger in the Americans because it took some of their land and recognized Catholicism as the official religion.
The French and Indian War, also called the Seven Years War, was a war fought by the American colonists and the French, both who inhabited the Ohio valley region. This war had immediate and long-term effects on the colonists and the British regime.
ReplyDeleteIn the war, the British thought that the colonies had militias that were not able to protect the colonies if need be. Because of this, they decided to send British troops over to the colonies to protect them. In order for this to work though, the troops had to be quartered by the colonists. Meaning the colonist had to let soldiers live in their houses and had to provide for them. This eventually led to the American people revolting and started the revolutionary war.
The colonists, however, were proud of their troops and thought that they fought valiantly. They believed that their troops could protect the colonies if the time ever came. So since the American people thought they could protect themselves, it didn’t make them very happy when the British sent over troops to do a job that they believed they could do. The fact that they had to quarter the troops added to the hatred that eventually fueled the American Revolution.
The French and Indian War played a crucial part in the relationship between Britain and the American Colonies. The British saw circumstances much differently and perhaps more objectively than the colonies did; therefore, the colonies were surprised by the incredibly demanding taxes and restrictions that were being passed by Britain, though from the British point of view, they weren’t surprising at all.
ReplyDeleteDue to what could be described as the inadequacy of the colonial militias in military conflict, the British Empire felt that the Colonies had done a pitiful job of aiding the Empire in fighting the French on the American theatre of war (Britain was at the time also engaged in the Asian and European theatre, so it needed all of the soldiers it could get), especially since some colonies actually refused to participate in the war. The British, though winning the war, suffered incredible financial ruin, and seeing that the American colonies had not performed satisfactorily to their standards, decided to tax the American Colonies more to help pay for the war effort and the upkeep of this new, enormous British army. The American Colonies, who actually thought they performed excellently and proved that they could be self-sufficient, were taken aback at what they deemed to be excessive taxation; however, not only were their taxes higher than normal, but Britain also began to take much more control over the colonies than prior to the French and Indian War, even to the point where representative governments were suppressed. Due to this, the more rebellious citizens of the American Colonies began using the phrase “No taxation without representation” and also began boycotting British goods (that were also being monopolized upon due to several trade acts).
The immediate effects of the war also caused outrage for the colonies, for the British had acquired the French lands that were east of the Appalachian Mountains in the 1763 Treaty of Paris. The colonist’s outrage was caused by the British Empire forbidding any American colonist to settle in the newly claimed land in an effort to stabilize the expanding colonies. The colonists, disregarding the British Empire’s request, continued to settle in the newly claimed regions, which only made the British Government grow more irritable. In the grand scheme of the world, it may be also important to note that France was now eliminated from the entire continent, as it had ceded its lands to Spain in compensation for losing the war (Spain, France, Austria and Russia were all military allies in the global conflict).
The French and Indian War made a great impact on both Great Britain and America. The war also left a few lasting effects that changed how we live today.
ReplyDeleteWhile Great Britain and America both had good outcomes from the victory in the war, there were some consequences as well. Great Britain was given unchallenged supremacy and was established as being the dominant naval power in the world and the American colonies faced no more threat from the Spanish, French, or Native American allies. The biggest consequence for the American colonies was the fundamental change in the relationship between the colonies and the British government. The British had a very low opinion of the colonial military effort and they viewed the American militia as “poorly trained, disorderly rabble.” They noted that many colonies refused to donate money or troops to the military effort and they were convinced that the colonists were unable and unwilling to defend the new frontier for expanding the British empire. The colonies developed confidence that they could successfully provide their own defense and they weren’t impressed with the British troops and their leadership.
In 1763, after the war ended, the British issued the Proclamation of 1763 to stabilize the western frontier. The British proclamation prohibited the colonists from settling the west of the Appalachian Mountains. This upset the Americans because after the victory of the French and Indian War, they wanted to reap their benefits in the form of access to land in the western frontier. Thousands of Americans moved west beyond the imaginary line determined by the British as an act of defiance. If the Americans hadn’t been defiant against the British and traveled west, there wouldn’t have been English settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains separate from Great Britain.
The French and Indian War, or Seven Years’ War, was the last in a series of wars between France and Britain, and was the first to take place primarily in the colonies. The war against France and its Native American allies began poorly for Britain and its colonies. When the colonists and British united under a skilled general, the tides turned, and Britain won the war. While Britain’s victory had excellent short term effects on the colonies, it brought more uncertain long term effects.
ReplyDeleteAs with any war, Britain’s victory brought spoils that brought immediate joy and a sense of victory to both the colonies and Britain. France had been completely driven out of the Americas, and was no longer a threat to the colonies. Native Americans were no longer a threat either, because their most of their warriors allied with France and got soundly defeated. Britain now had total dominance on North America’s east coast, and proved to have the most powerful naval fleet in the world. Britain acquired both French Canada and Spanish Florida. In the short term, the rewards for the French and Indian War were great.
In the long term, however, the French and Indian War did more harm to the relationship between Britain and her colonies than support. The two’s views of each other were changed drastically. British troops had the opinion that colonist soldiers were inadequate and unwilling to fight for the British Empire. Colonist soldiers were proud of their performance, and were unimpressed with Britain’s sub-par leadership. This discontent escalated. Britain announced the Proclamation of 1763, which barred colonists from expanding west for their safety. The colonists felt that this cheated them out of the land benefits they had fought for. Britain continued to put taxes and limits on the colonists, like the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts. The colonists resisted these infringements on their rights until it climaxed in the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party, and, eventually, the American Revolution. All of the long term stress between Britain and her colonies that spun into a revolution began with their victory in the French and Indian War.
-Brennan Ballard
Part 1
ReplyDeleteThe French and Indian War also known as the Seven Years war was the fourth and most decisive war. This particular war had an infinite amout of immediate effects as well as a few short-term and long-term results.
To begin with, because Great Britain won the French and Indian War, they had unchallenged supremacy in North America and also established that country as the dominant naval power in the world. In addition, the American colonies did not have to face the threat of concerted attacks from the French, the Spanish, and their Native American allies. Out of all of these effects, the change in the relationship between the colonies and the British government was the most significant.
Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War brought about many short-term results. For example, rebellions became very popular. "The first major test of the new British imperial policy came in 1763 when Chief Pontiac led a major attack against colonial settlements on the western frontier"(63). This rebellion took place because the Native Americnas were angered by the growing westward movement of European settlers and by the British refusal to offer gifts as the French had done. Pontiac's alliance of Native Americans destroyed forts and settlements from New York to Virginia. I believe that rebellions came about because citizens did not favor the British rule. Other short-term effects were the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Massacre was a result of the people of Boston resenting the British troops who had been quartered in their city to protect customs officials from being attacked by the Sons of the Liberty. In March of 1770 a crowd of colonist harassed the guards near the customs house resulting in the killing of five people by the guards. "Samuel Adams denounced the shooting incident as the "masssacre""(66). Here again we see an act of retaliation against the British by the American citizens because of the British victory of the French and Indian War. The Boston Tea Party is another example of a short-term effect. Colonist refused to buy British tea because the British insisted on their right to collect the tax. Bostonians disguised themselves as Native Americans, boarded the British ships and dumped the tea into the harbor.
Part 2
ReplyDeleteThese short-term effects led to a much larger and dominant long-term effect.....The American Revolution. The Enlightenment had a major influence on the American Revolution. For a start, John Locke, a 17-century English philisopher and political theorist wrote a book that reasoned that while the state (the government) is supreme, it is bound to follow "natural laws" based on the rights that people have simply because they are human. This book led people to the belief that citizens had a right and an obligation to revolt against whatever government failed to protect their rights. "His stress on natural rights would provide a rationale for the American Revolution and later for basic principles of the U.S. constitution"(68). Locke along with many other Enlightenment leaders and thinkers opened the doors for the American Revolution as they preached and taught natural rights which led to the evolution and founding of America.
Great Britain's victory in the French and Indian War gave them ascendancy in North America and recognized that country as the dominant naval power in the world. Threats of attacks from the French and Spanish no longer worried the American colonies. The British got rid of the policy of salutary neglect because they saw a need to have more forceful policies to control their North American territory. The war was very costly and Britain felt it was necessary to keep a large British military force. King George III and the Whigs pursued a colonial policy that was to solve Britain's financial problems. Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763 came about when Chief Pontiac led an attack against settlements on the western frontier. The proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists form settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. They hoped this would stop any disputes between colonists and Native Americans.
ReplyDeleteFollowing three wars between the great British and French empires, a fourth war was initiated, unlike the other three, in the American colonies by the French who hoped to stop westward colonization by the British. The British retaliated with a small militia who hoped to stop the blockage brought on by French forts and were victorious in their efforts. However, little did they know that this small battle would start a massive war that would forever shape the future of America. By using the Albany Plan of Union and conquering Canada, the British won the French and Indian War; though the war was over, the impacts of the war were felt both immediately and extensively. For instance, the war gave Britain total supremacy in North America along with a boosted naval supremacy. However, the war also changed the attitudes between the colonies and England. This war also caused a change to England’s colonial policies which would start a slow fissure in the relations between the two parties that would ultimately turn climatic during the American Revolution. This war marked the turning point and got the ball rolling towards colonial dependency and distaste towards its homeland.
ReplyDeleteThe Peace of Paris, a peace treaty signaling the end of the French and Indian War, gave Britain control of many important territories in North America including French Canada and Spanish Florida. Along with extending Britain’s control of the colonies, the treaty virtually ended French power on the North American continent. Additionally, in return for Spain’s loss of Florida, France gave Spain its entire western territory west of the Mississippi River. The war ultimately gave Britain complete supremacy with its formidable navy, which gave them control of the Atlantic and complete control of North America. Though Britain seemed to have everything under control, their true concern lied within their inner circle.
The most powerful systems and empires feel as if they possess complete immunity to the outside world; however, in the case of the British, their downfall lied within them, in their own colonies. Although the British came away from the war with boosted egos and a poorer view towards their colonial counterparts, the colonists possessed an opposite view. The colonists felt proud about their performances in the previous three wars and felt they could protect themselves from any enemies. Also, the colonists were not impressed with the British troops or their leadership, whose methods of warfare badly suited the wooded terrain of America. These feelings of resentment by the colonists was the foremost consequence they felt from the French and Indian War, and these relations would only worsen as they drew nearer to revolution.
Salutary neglect was a universal policy that Britain held with all of its colonies that allowed Britain’s navigation laws regulating colonial trade to go unenforced; however, the British abandonment of this policy truly worsened tension between the colonies and Britain. With these new policies came rebellion by the colonists which was met with British retaliation in the form of prohibition on expansion and taxes. Though the British felt all of these implements were necessary to maintain protection and funding of their colonies, these policies only angered the colonists to the point of complete revolution. Taxes on sugar, taxes on tea, quartering acts, Townshend Acts, massacres, and Coercive Acts were all met with rebellion and protest. Eventually, the differences between those loyal to the crown and the British grew to the point of revolution. This long-term result of the war was felt for years to come and proved that Britain, even in its most powerful state, was susceptible to downfall at the hands of its own people.
The French and Indian war produced many long-term and short-term effects on Great Britain and America. An important long-term effect is that Great Britain gained uncontested superiority in North America and established that country as the central naval power in the world. This effect was important because it meant that the American colonies no longer faced the danger of planned attacks from the French, the Spanish, and their Native American allies. This long-term effect led to the next long-term effect, colonial policies. Britain’s government decided to adopt more assertive policies for taking control of their expanded North American dominions.
ReplyDeleteAnother long-term effect on Britain was its financial issues. The colonial wars placed heavy taxes on Britain, so the Whigs pursued a colonial policy designed to solve its domestic financial problems, making the American colonies pay more of the cost of Britain. The Whigs did so by implementing taxes.
After implementing taxes on America, the British government issued a proclamation that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. This was also a long-term effect due to the anger and defiance the proclamation brought upon the colonists. American colonists were angry because they longed for access to western lands, so they decided to defy the prohibition and move westward beyond the boundary line set by the British.
The British, then, decided to make even more policies to strengthen its revenue. There was one main policy in particular that caused uproar in society and was a long-term effect of the war. This policy was known as the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act said that placing revenue stamps on most printed paper in the colonies, including all legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and advertisements was essential. This was the first direct tax paid by the people in the colonies. People in every colony were infuriated with the Stamp Act. The infuriation of the people led to violent protests. The Stamp Act was a short-term effect since it was repealed.
After the troubles of the Stamp Act, the British government still yearned for new revenues, so it proposed another tax measure, the Townshend Acts. The Townshend Acts stated that the profits raised should be used to pay the salaries of the governors and judges, making them independent of colonial rule. At first, colonists didn’t really react to the new taxes that were placed upon them. Eventually, a few colonial leaders argued vigorously against the new duties. The leaders’ arguing started another uprising that included protests and boycotts. The Townshend Acts were, then, repealed, making them short-term effects of the French and Indian war.
The repeal of the Townshend Acts led to the Boston Massacre. The Massacre occurred when a group of colonists harassed the guards near the customs house. The guards fired into the crowd, killing five people. This eventually led to the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts which led to the American Revolution. If one wanted to make a long story short, one could basically say that the French and Indian war was the basic building block of the American Revolution, a very harsh long-term effect.
The French and Indian war or The Seven Year's war was a statement war in history. It sparked opinions between the British and colonies that would change their relationship forever.
ReplyDeleteAfter the war, Great Britain was known as a dominant force regarding naval power. They were no longer concerned with threats from neighboring enemies. Other immediate effects of the war were the opposing views of the British and colonies. The British felt that the colonies weren't prepared to take care of the expanded lands of the British empire. On the other hand, the colonies were full of pride. They felt that they did a fine job defending the land. These opposing views would contribute to major conflicts later on.
Between 1754 and 1774, wars and colonial protest aroused. Colonies were becoming suspicious that the British were planning to take their rights away because of the number of acts placed on the colonies. These acts included the Sugar, Quartering, Stamp, and Townshend Acts. The Sugar Act placed duties on foreign sugar and other luxuries with the purpose of raising money for the crown. The Quartering Act was put in place to force the colonies to provide food and housing for British soldiers in colonies. The Stamp Act required a tax be put on printed paper. This would help fund British military forces. The Townshend Acts were legislated to put new duties on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper. This act raised money to pay crown officials in the colonies. It also provided for the search of smuggled goods in private homes.
From the British point of view each act was purposefully thought out to protect its colonial empire and make them pay their share of cost for the protection. The colonies, on the other hand, were outraged with the taxes and regulations placed upon them. This anger and resentment would lead to the destruction of property during the Boston Tea Party. The colonies threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. Another event known as the Boston Massacre involved the killing of five colonists.
Chapter 4
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The French and Indian War was the fourth war between England and Fance and its impact on the colonies created many detriments in the short and long term. At the end of the war the British saw the colonies as unable to protect the land owned by the crown. The very opposite, colonies believed they had done very well in the war and were proud of their efforts. These thoughts clashed greatly as the British began to become stricter on the colonies.
The British began to take over the colonial trade making smuggling, once quit easy, to become a challenge with a high penelty. Two tax acts made Americans very angry. The Sugar Act was the first. It's main duty was to raise money for the crown. A compainion law to it also helped to stop smuggling and tried people without a jury. The second was the Stamp Act which put taxes on most printed papers. The Stamp Act was highly protested by the colonies. They saw it as an injustice based around taxation without representation. It was finally repealed and great elation spread through the colonies over its absence, but other unknown laws had been put into place. Even though the Stamp Act was a short term law, It caused a long term dislike for the taxation of the colonies for the crowns gain.
The Quartering Act caused the most long term damage though. It allowed soldiers to house with a family even if they were unwelcome. The family had to feed and shleter the soldiers causing the family to have less of their already meager wages. The Americans were already not fond of the British and the invasions of the home was not looked upon nicely. This invasion would stay up untill the war for independence.
The French and Indian War was very impacting and it changed many things in the New World. It ended all French power in the Americas, and all their land was given to the British and Spanish. The British received French Canada and Spanish Florida. The Spanish received all of France’s western territory, Louisiana, and claims west of the Mississippi river in compensation for Spain’s loss of Florida.
ReplyDeleteIt affected the British colonies in the way the British viewed the colonies, the way the colonists viewed the British, and changed colonial policies. After the war, the British saw the colonists as unwilling or not even able to fight for the territory. The colonists thought of themselves completely different. They were pleased with their war effort and gained confidence for their own defense. They did not think highly of the British army. Another problem arose when the British issued the Proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains which was supposed to prevent any problems with Native Americans, but the colonists reacted with anger. The Americans hoped that they would gain access to the land to the west after the war and preventing that is what created huge anger from the colonists. Another problem was the British were having financial problems from the wars, so to solve this they taxed the colonists a lot to make up for the loss. This made the colonists furious. The British government’s mistake in handling the sudden change in their power level in the already established colonies would affect them down the road and justify the colonies’ actions of defense against the British government.
The French and Indian War, also known as the "Seven Years' War" was provoked when American colonists, the British, the French, and the Native Americans collided in hostility. After the seven years of conflict, the British claimed victory when the Peace of Paris was signed, ending the war. However anger and disagreement was never settled. The effects made a big impact on American civilization.
ReplyDeleteImmediately after the war, the British established themselves as the dominant naval power and an unchallenged supremacy. With this in their mind, the British felt as if they had complete control over the colonies and adopted more forceful policies. They began to enforce boundaries such as the Proclamation of 1763 which prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. They also set in acts like the Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act. Unsatisfied with the new arrangements, many of the colonists believed that the British were threatening their liberties. Many began to rebel against the acts until the parliament placed the Declaratory Act which asserted that they had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies. This declaration would soon lead to further conflict between the American colonists and the British government.
Because the British government was still urging to tax the colonists, they established the Townshend Acts in 1767. This re-enforced duties and taxes which many Americans were not pleased with. More rebellions broke out as colonists again conducted boycotts of British goods until the point where Britain was once again forced to repeal the Act. After a period of peace, conflict arose once more when the Gaspee and Boston Tea Party incidents occurred. Angered by the retaliation, Lord North enacted a series of acts called the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act which made long term lasting effects.
However not all effects of the war resulted in more conflict. Enlightenment was introduced which focused more on philosophy and rationalism of issues. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Adams were all examples of influential enlightenment thinkers who believed in human reason and emphasized science and respect for humanity. Their political philosophy which was developed by John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, educated many Americans throughout the decades of revolutionary history.
The French and Indian War, or Seven Years’ War, was the last and final war in a series that lasted for a 74-year period. Prior to this war, the European powers saw little use of committing regular troops to America; however, in this war, the fighting actually began in the colonies and then spread to Europe. Moreover, the European powers realized the importance of “shipping” their troops over, rather than relying on “amateur” colonial militias.
ReplyDeleteSome of the immediate impacts of this war include giving unchallenged supremacy in North America to Great Britain. This was a short-term impact, however, because Great Britain kept its control for only another 15-20 years. However, the long term effect is that the colonies never faced French, Spanish, or Native American opposition ever again. Also, as a result of this war, the colonial militias gained more confidence in their fighting abilities, which later lead them to protect the newly founded United States from the British assaults.
The more lasting effects came government actions and policies. After the war, Great Britain felt the need to reorganize and change its colonial policies. They saw the need to exercise more control of the expanding empire. The Americans, however, wanted more freedom from the monarchical motherland. The British started exercising heavy taxing of the colonies to pay for their war. This led to the common idea, amongst the colonies, of “No Taxation without Representation.” Eventually, all of these actions yielded reactions from the colonies, in which ultimately ended with the defeat of Great Britain, and the establishment of the United States of America.
The French and Indian War in 1754 was a major sign that groups was clash in the future. The Seven Years' War created lasting effects on both groups.
ReplyDeleteThe effects of the war were both short-term and long-term. Some of the immediate effects were that Great Britain did not face danger from other countries because of England's supreme navy. Many rebellions followed the war because it did not settle much-- it just represented the animosity in the area.
Long-term effects greatly impacted settlers of the colonies. Great Britain issued many taxes and acts that forced the settlers into a deep hatred of their homeland. All the needless taxes caused boycotts and riots throughout the colonies. All of this sparked the American Revolution.
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The Short-Term Effects of the French and Indian War
The first short-term effect of the war, was the land gained by Great Britain and the Colonies, they acquired Spanish Florida and French Canada, which ultimately led to an enlargement of the empire. Secondly, the war led those in Britain to think lowly of the Colonists due to their fighting abilities, whereas the colonists were very proud of their contributions to victory. Lastly, and mainly, the war had been very costly the Britain, so the king sought to pay for his war by cracking implementing new taxes on the colonies such as the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts. The king’s representatives in the colonies also threw out the “light influence” they had originally held over the colonists and adopted a much more strict policy when it came to trade and taxation.
The Long-Term Effects of the French and Indian War
The main long term effect was that the colonists became increasingly more aware of their freedoms and liberties as they were violated by the royal government, and this made them quite angry and resentful to the crown. These injustices toward the colonists would short term lead to such events as the Boston Tea Party, the Gaspee, and the Boston massacre. Long-term, this anger and these riots would eventually lead to one of the greatest wars in American history, the Revolution.
The French and Indian War had a huge impact on the colonies. Many came immediately after, but others were affected them long term.
ReplyDeleteThe Seven Years War had many short term effects on the colonies. The victory in the French and Indian War gave Great Britain a heightened power in North America and dominant naval power in the world. Within the first two years three new policies were adopted: the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act.
The long term effects included uniting of the colonies and strengthening the ties with the British. In the middle of the fighting leaders in the colonies emerged such as George Washington in Virginia and the people of the colonies followed. The Americans believed that the war strengthened their ties with the British, but the British viewed America as poorly trained and disorderly, Al in all the colonists were proud of their performance in the wars and had hope and confidence for the future of the colonies.
The French and Indian War in 1754 led to many short-term and long-term results, and also a few immediate impacts on the world.
ReplyDeleteThree main immediate impacts of the French and Indian War was the unchallenged supremacy of Great Britain, Britain's view of colonial America, and colonial America's view of themselves. After the Seven Years' War, Great Britain had an unchallenged supremacy in North America and the country was established as the dominant world naval power. After the war, Great Britain saw the colonial military as weak and pathetic. They noted that some colonies even refused to give money and troops to help the war effort; however, the colonies were proud of their military and had the confidence that they could provide their own defense and they weren't impressed by British troops and its leadership methods in the French and Indian War.
Some of the short-term and long-term results of the Seven Years' War was the stamp act, quartering act, and the townshend act. The stamp act raised the taxes put on stamps and the townshend act was adopted to raise money for the crown, and after much protesting, they were both repealed. The quartering act required the colonists to provide food and sleeping quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
Some of the long-term results of the French and Indian War was Britain taking possession of Canada, and American anger towards Great Britain. After the French and Indian War, Canada became the property of Great Britain and the French-speaking Canadians were sent to live in Quebec. American's hatred toward Britain grew, which resulted in the Gaspee incident in which a group of colonists dressed as Native Americans ordered the British crew aboard the Gaspee and set the ship on fire. The colonist's anger also led to the Boston Tea Party. The colonists refused to buy tea because the British insisted on taxing the colonists. The colonists then dressed as Indians and boarded a ship that carried a shipment of the East India Company's tea and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.