The Impact of the Franco- Britain Conflict on Subsequent Events

“The global struggle between the French and British Empire influenced certain key events in history from 1750 to 1805. These events including the French and Indian war, by the seven year war, the American Revolution, the French Revolution and it's impact on American domestic and foreign policies, and the Louisiana purchase and it's consequences.”

Colonial era diplomacy focused on the European balance of power. The competition between the French and the British often influenced the course of events in the North American colonies. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775 For almost three centuries, the European colonial powers of France and Great Britain, maintained …show more content…
As a result, the British Parliament passed the 1764 Currency Act which prohibited the colonies from issuing paper currency. This caused even more difficulties for the colonists who were already having trouble paying their taxes. The governors of Massachusetts and New York dispatched messages of protest to Parliament.
Shortly after the Currency Act was passed, Prime Minister Grenville proposed a Stamp Tax which would obligate colonists to buy a government stamp for use on legal documents.
After the Stamp Act passed, and the news arrived at the colonies, the Virginia House of Burgesses passed resolutions denying the British Parliament’s authority to tax the colonies. Americans rioted and destroyed the house of the stamp distributor. Other colonies engaged in similar activities.
Stamp Act was a common cause that united the 13 colonies in protest against Great Britain.
Representatives from nine colonies met in the fall of 1765 to sign petitions denying Parliament’s authority to tax the colonies.
Merchants demanded the appeal of the act on economic grounds after the Americans organized a boycott of British goods. The British Government repealed the Stamp