1763From the very beginning the American colonies were a revolutionary force waiting to be unleashed. Though there were many things that led up to the American Revolution many historians think that the events that took place in the year 1763 were huge turning points in the road to the revolution. The year 1763 changed the way a lot of colonists felt towards England and vise versa. There were Many things that took place in 1763 I will talk about three of them, The French and Indian war (also know as the Seven years war), The British Mercantilism and taxes, and the intolerable acts along with some other laws past. The events that took place in 1763 were turning points that led to the Ameri ...view middle of the document...
The after math of the war was really what affected the Colonists view of England. They gained confidence in their military strength because at first they had fought all alone, and then along side the British regulars. The war crushed the myth of British invincibility. Also the colonists didn't like that after the war the British army down played their role in the end of the war. They even demoted people who were less then captain in rank. Well now that they enemy was all out of they area one would think they could have free roam... but out of the blue the British passed the proclamation of 1763 limiting the westward travel to east of the Appalachians. They felt that they had won the right to expand so they went west anyway. The Effect the French and Indian war had on the revolution was very important but it wasn't the only thing that pushed the colonists towards it.The French and Indian war; also know as the Seven years war, while the British were victorious, was very costly. They were left in a lot of debt. They believed in the theory of mercantilism, it was the belief that a colony should be there for the good, and wealth, of the mother country. When the Americans started the war and made England pump money into the colony it went completely against that belief. They wanted the Americans to help pay that enormous debt that means taxing them. The Americans were not used to these taxes so it really made them mad. Well to regulate the Americans and keep the money flow to Britain they had to pass regulations the first set being the navigation law it was aimed at keeping the materials under British control and keeping the flow of money to England. They also Passed the Quartering act that said the colonists had to give house and board to the British military. The same year the most hated act was passed, the stamp act. It made the colonists attach a stamp to things like legal documents, playing cards, pamphlets, etc... they hated the taxes because they saw them as trying to take their beloved liberties away. They went into protest and started to unify against the taxes, they cried "no taxation without representation." They started the nonimportation agreements against British goods and that hurt British shipping so they repelled the stamp tax and the Americans were happy. That is, until the Townshend tax it put a tax on things like lead, paper, paint, and tea. The Americans were in a rebelli...
