Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the emergence of a society quite different from that in England. ... By 1763, although some colonies still maintained established churches, other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state. When the colonists first came over to America, they brought with them the ideas the English practiced, which were strict religious schedules and the presence of the Church in the government. ... England tr...

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In North America, the battle that involves France and Great Britain is engage in a struggle for the control of the North America. ... The colonies are established as Quebec, East Florida, West Florida and the island of Grenada by the order of King George III. ... The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is the first constitution that is given to Quebec by the British government following the Treaty of Paris of 1763. ... In details, anyone cannot acquire any area inside the Indian territory, "that no private Person do presume to make any purchase from the said Indians of any Lands reserved to the said I...

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The Revolutionary War was not a culmination of change in a span of 150 years, rather it was a struggle to conserve American values that were brought over with the colonies that existed up till 1763. ... One can make the claim that America values were practiced without due interference by explaining several key events prior to 1763. ... After these colonies were set up, many Britain's left the mother country to come to American for a new sense of freedom. ... In essence, the French and Indian War altered the relationships between Britain and the American colonies. ... In conclusion, Amer...

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The North America Continent was not the main battlefield of the Seven Years' War, yet the aftermath of the war had significantly altered the situation in the British colonies on the continent. ... Regardless of the close ties of people and culture with Britain, the colonists started the American Revolutionary War. ... Moreover, French-speaking residents were generally Catholics, for whom the protestant Continental Army had little respect due to the religious hostilities. iii Compared to the Thirteen Colonies, they would rather side with the British, who had treated them and their culture ...

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As you can see from this list there are a lot of different opinions and ideas in the American Colonies. ... To prove the point that the American colonies were going to get out of the British control, I will say that the colonies got a Virginian Charter, which let the colonies to be self-governing. ... The following Navigation Acts of 1663 and 1763, would stir the colonists hearts even more. ... The Navigation Act of 1763 would have British commissioners in colonies collecting taxes between plantations. ... Native Americans were a problem too. ...

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The American Revolution occurred because of Great Britain's failure to adjust to conditions brought on by the growth and development of the colonies, and from a breakdown of the political and economic harmony between the colonies and their mother country. America was a revolution force from the day of its discovery. The American Revolution was not the same thing as the American War of Independence. ... In 1763, the Seven-Year War in Europe and the French and Indian War in the colonies was over, and with the end came a British debt of over 140 million pounds. ... The first such act was the...

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The trans-Atlantic interactions from 1600 to 1763 brought major change to the labor systems in the British North American colonies and disrupted the continuity of the economy built by the people before this time. ... With the arriving of foreign immigrants to North America from across the Atlantic Ocean, there also came diseases that would soon devastate the Native American population. ... The southern colonies no longer had to worry about the back breaking work needed to be done during harvest time anymore due to the bringing of African slaves to Northern America. The slave trade would eventu...

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The first colonies in North America were along the eastern coast. ... The two nations fought for control of North America in what Americans call the French and Indian War (1754-1763). ... By this time, the English colonies numbered 13. ... Foods that didn't grow in America were shipped from England. ... The North American colonies were also not the huge financial success the southern colonies were to be. ...

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England's constant pestering of the American Colonies would lead these colonies to ask themselves if they should do just that, break away from England. ... The increasing involvement and tightening control of the British government over the American Colonies help cause the American Revolution. ... Looking at the Sugar act, which was created in 1763 by George Grenville who was appointed first minister, by King George III to solving England's debt crisis.# This act is the beginning of Britain's colonies, America to resist imperial control over them. ... With the combination of B...

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With slavery being the main economic factor in the colonies the Africans could have rebelled by themselves with the growing number of them entering America at this time. ... I learned from lecture that less than 5% of the laws that were proposed from 1696 to 1763 were passed. ... Ideas about American rights came after the stamp act was imposed. ... The people started thinking of themselves as Americans and not Europeans. ... With more and more people coming to America there was bound to be new ideas on how things should be. ...

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The Revolutionary War became inevitable when King George III passed the Proclamation Line of 1763. ... However, the Proclamation Line of 1763 kept the colonists from settling the new land. ... The Proclamation Line of 1763 was designed to create a better government-Indian relationship, but instead created problems within the colonies. ... While many would point to the Boston Tea Party or the Intolerable Acts of 1774 as the moment the Revolutionary War became inevitable, the Proclamation Line of 1763 provided the certainty of a war between Britain and the colonies. ... The colonies would ta...

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There were over 15 laws/policies put in place by the British government from 1763-1766 that angered the Colonial Americans. ... At this time in the American Revolution only a few colonies with militias fighting against the British. ... After The Treaty of Paris of 1763, the American colonists expected the British soldiers to go back to Britain, Prime Minister Greenville determined to maintain up to 10,000 British troops in America to control both colonists and Indians. ... In the Proclamation of 1763, issued October of 1763 by King George III, it "forbade all settlement past the Appalachi...

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Between the years of 1763 and 1776, the worsening relations between the colonies and Great Britain were illustrated by the views colonists had towards the British Parliament and King George III. ... The British need to completely control the colonies united the rebellious forces in America and strengthened them. The King's actions, along with Parliament's, proved to be the last straw in the relationship between Great Britain and the American Colonies. ... Since the British entitled themselves with unlimited powers to control and tax the colonies, many Americans believed the power w...

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England and American Colonies By the middle of the 1600's the relationship between the American colonies and England began to show signs of strain. ... Mercantilism, The Navigation Acts, and taxation with out representation are the three focal points of controversy that led the American colonies to rebel from England. ... England felt like this was an economic threat so they persuaded the Parliament to create the Navigation Acts, in which the colonies played a critical role. ... In 1763, King George III chose George Grenville to serve as Prime Minister. ... Tensions between Englan...

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America The 18th century proved to be a time of rapid change and growing hostility between the American colonies and Great Britain, largely due to many new tax laden acts being passed in Parliament. ... Shortly after the French and Indian War (1756-1763), Parliament passed a well-meant, but hotly contested proclamation. ... But other than public outcry, and letters and delegates sent to England, the colonies did little in the way of action. ... The colonies became a hotbed of contempt and defiance of England. ... This act also fueled memberships in the Sons of Liberty (1765), formed the...

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The first in a series of direct and immediate events within these years, which eventually destroyed the relationship, was the Proclamation of 1763. ... The actions of the King and Parliament towards the colonies soon caused the loyal citizens to begin to hate the King and Parliament's rule. ... This began with the Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited the settlement of colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains. ... Then, by July of 1774, the Intolerable Acts had taken effect, closing down Boston's port to trade, and affecting the trial process in America. ... In September of 1774...

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A New Society Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. ... By 1763, although some colonies still maintained established churches, other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state. ... America was the symbol of equality and opportunity, with the notorious exception of slavery. ... That, or they came to America because of the hope that it inspired and they chan...

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Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution was caused by the stupidity and ignorance of the colonists. ... The Proclamation of 1763 set down the boundaries of North America. ... The Proclamation of 1763 also established four new colonies. ... It required all the American colonies to provide help the British troops. ... The rebellious colonists did not care and later on the American war broke out. ...

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The initial relationship between the North American colonies and Great Britain was positive, each side benefiting from the other. ... These were placed on the colonies but were not harshly enforced. ... Parliament passed the Proclamation of 1763, which created boundaries of where the colonists could settle. ... According to Thomas Draper, the colonists initially wanted to return to the way things were prior to 1763, because that had worked in their favor. ... It let all Americans know that certain colonists were taking action. ...

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It was how the British brought the taxes upon the colonies. ... If the British wanted to tax the colonies then the colonies wanted to have a say in the taxation. ... The first factors and the beginning of unrest in the colonial people were the Proclamation of 1763, and the French and Indian War. The Proclamation of 1763 stated that every British subject must stay east of the Appalachian Mountains. ... The French and the Indian War was a great factor in the strife of the colonists, because if the French are out of North America, then the colonists did not need the British to protect them from t...

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There were many controversies and arguments between the American colonies and Great Britain. ... Since the colonies were not represented in Parliament, they said, Parliament had no right to tax them. ... They also had to get money to pay for the war debts, and they did that by getting the money from the colonies. A British action that brought about the American Revolution was the colonial opposition to maintaining a British army in America. ... The Proclamation of 1763 said that the colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. ...

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Why the English Came to America? ... Many Puritans fled to America during the conflict to avoid persecution by the King and begin a government in which they could have a voice. 5. Adventurers: - Many of the more wealthy English citizens desired to come to American to explore. The Thirteen Colonies I. ... It divided the English colonies. 2. ...

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During the time period between the 17th and mid 18th centuries, there had been little British intervention in the American colonies. ... By 1763, however, the British sights were once again set on the colonies, and they began to intervene as they should have early on in the development of their colonies. ... England felt that the Americans should pay one-third of the cost to keep a small British army for self defense, so England's Prime Minister Grenville began to earn the money from the colonies in a series of acts, earning him the resentment of the colonies. In 1763, he immediately ...

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