The French and Indian War was a war between the French and British in North America. This war resulted in many changes that shaped the course of history. This war altered relationships between Britain and the colonies politically by become more involved in the colonies, economically by taxing and ideologically by making the colonist feel like they weren’t british citizens.
The french and Indian war altered the economic relationship between the Colonist and British in a negative way. Before the war the British practiced the salutary neglect policy, which stated that they would not tax the colonies but after the war there are new taxes that are needed by the British to pay for it and the soldiers in the colonies (Document F). New taxes such as the stamp act caused economic depression within the colonies (Document H), which made colonist see Parliament as the cause of these economic hardships. The colonist, after the war, gained a large amount of land from the French in North America (Document A) , but the Proclamation Line of 1763 didn’t give them access to that …show more content…
They become more involved in colonial affairs and began to tax, regulate trade and pass unfair laws. The colonist believed that Proclamation line of 1763, which was to prevent violence between Indians and settlers (Document B), was deprivation of their rights because it only hurt them economically. They were taxed to economic depression (Document H) and didn’t have any representation. This demonstrates that the sudden political interference of Britain caused worsened the relationship between the two.
The French and Indian war altered the relationship of the British and Colonist by straining and worsening the political, economical and ideological aspects of that relationship. America would never be the