French And Indian War Dbq Essay

DBQ ESSAY (ROUGH DRAFT, but a good idea starter!!)

The French and Indian War altered the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American Colonies in a way in which ultimately led to the American Revolution. The colonists had grown farther from Britain and didn't enjoy the British soldiers coming into North America. The colonists had to use their money during the French and Indian War. These factors had weakened an already distant relationship between the American colonists and the British.

Politically, the two had begun to lose each other. The crown had gained more land after the French and Indian War (Document A), but didn't have the finances to control it.

As generation after generation was born in North America, they felt less like British colonists, and felt more independent. The colonists didn't like the British soldiers being there. They felt that they were going to take away their freedoms. Many colonists felt hostile or uneasy towards the soldiers. They also could tell that there was unfairness between them and the soldiers. "... though we be Englishmen born, we are debarred Englishmen's liberty." (Document D). The colonists disliked the soldier's presence in America.

The colonists also didn't like the fact that they were paying for the war and being over taxed. The French and Indian War was mostly paid for by the colonists. The colonists were being over taxed over things as simple as stamps. The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser is quoted as saying "The TIMES are Dreadful, Doleful, Dismal, Dolorous, and DOLLAR-LESS," (Document H) in response to the Stamp Act. The British soldiers were sent there initially to help the colonists, not spend their money or take their jobs.

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