The American colonists and the British had just defeated the French in the middle of the 1700s in the French and Indian war. ... Although the colonist participation was held to a minimum, they had learned a powerful lesson from the French and Indian War. ... The basis for the Civil War was economic "slavery. ... Violence was justified in both wars. ... In the case of the Civil War, violence was justified to end a cruel institution. ...

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Their harsh taxes and powerful authority over the American colonists triggered the revolutionary war. ... The Revolutionary war fought from 1775-1783 was the War for Independence from the British Empire leaving the 13 colonies to be an independent nation and become the United States. ... The French and Indian War also known, as the Seven Years War in Europe was a huge conflict between England and France and their Indian allies. ... There were several reasons for this, one being that the Indians still posed a threat to the British government and the other being that the French and Indian War wh...

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The American colonists and the British had just defeated the French in the middle of the 1700s in the French and Indian war. ... Although the colonist participation was held to a minimum, they had learned a powerful lesson from the French and Indian War. ... The basis for the Civil War was economic "slavery. ... Violence was justified in both wars. ... In the case of the Civil War, violence was justified to end a cruel institution. ...

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The Policies and Distractions that Caused the Revolutionary War The messy and disorganized British rule of the American colonies led to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. ... Relations began to worsen with the great victory over the French and Indians in the Seven Years War. Unwelcome British troops had remained in the colonies after the war. ... A few months later angered Boston citizens dressed as Indians, boarded three tea ships, and dumped all the tea into Boston Harbor (Blum 94). ... It also gave the Roman Catholics in that province religious liberty and the double protection of ...

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The haphazard and disorganized British rule of the American colonies in the decade prior to the outbreak led to the Revolutionary War. ... These policies and distractions were some of the causes of the Revolutionary War. ... Relations began to worsen with the great victory over the French and Indians in the Seven Years War. ... The Tea Agents would not resign and a few months later angered Bostonians dressed as Indians boarded three tea ships and dumped it all into Boston Harbor(Blum 106). ... During these years of ineffective rule, the causes of the Revolutionary War emerged. ...

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The Seven Years War between Great Britain and France and its subsequent acts had a substantial impact on British-American relations once the war was over. When France ceded Canada and the Ohio River Valley to Great Britain, the British announced the Proclamation of 1763, "to prevent the colonists from rushing into territories vacated by the French and provoking conflict with the Indians",[Dig141]. ... More turmoil arose from the Seven Years War when England passed the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act in consecutive years. ... Great Britain was suffering from huge war debts and thus taxed ...

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Beginning in 1775, the American Revolution was probably one of the most influential wars in U.S. history. ... The war started out of a disagreement between the original thirteen colonies and Great Britain. ... Right after the French and Indian War, Britain gained Canada and Florida in the treaty. Since French no longer surrounded the colonies, the colonies no longer need to rely on British forces to help shield them from attack. ... After the French and Indian war there was a sharp change in the way Britain viewed their relationship with the colonies. ...

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After winning the French and Indian war, Britain felt it had the right to start controlling the colonies. ... This drawn document was not designed to oppress the colonials, but to work out the Indian problems fairly and prevent a repetition of something similar to the uprising of the Pontiac's. ... After the French and Indian war, the British government was in dept. ... It was not their war for empire, why should they be obliged to pay for Great Britain's war against their own enemy? ... It banned importation of rum and French wines. ...

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However it was the larger of many little things that led up to the revolutionary war. ... Then somewhere near one hundred men known as the Sons of Liberty would board the ship disguised as Indians. ... It also gave the Roman Catholics in the province religious liberty as well as the protection of French and English law. ... The war had now begun. This was the war to end colonialism, also known as the Revolutionary War. ...

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The year 1763 would mark a significant turning point in the relations between England and its colonies, for it marked the beginning of the French and Indian war. ... Also England was faced with the considerable debt they had amassed during the war. Just when the American colonies were beginning to experience a small amount of freedom and independent operation, the English decided to raise taxation to help finance the cost of the war. During the French and Indian war, The English government had issued writs of assistance to help authorities enforce trade laws in the colonies. ...

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During the 1750's, colonists wanted to expand and start settling in the Ohio Valley, which was occupied by the French. This caused the Seven Years War between the British and French. ... First of all, the Treaty of Paris of 1763 was signed and France lost all of its mainland colonies. ... After the Stamp Act crisis, the British parliament was still looking for a way to pay for its troops in the colonies because Britain was still in debt from the war with the French. ... In the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty dressed up like Indians and raided an East India Company ship that was ...

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From the colonies being exploited economically by the British Empire to pay off its war debts, the British imposing more and more regulations on the colonies, to the ever diminishing, self-governance of the colonies. ... The road to revolution began with the ending of the French and Indian war. After the war, the British Empire had incurred massive debts and saw the colonies as a perfect way to pay them off. ... While this did upset the colonies, this was far from war starting. ... Because of the king squashing the rights the colonists believed they had, as well as inflicting them with tax aft...

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Without the Revolution America would not be the country it is today, it was one of the most influential wars of all times. Without the war America may have had, to this day, to pay taxes to the British Parliament and exist under their rule. ... After the French and Indian war Britain imposed taxes on its American colonies, without the peoples consent, because the colonies were in debt and Britain needed to regain the revenue. ... And so the American Revolutionary war began in 1775. ... The war was brutal and bloody and there were more than three times as many casualties as there were in ...

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By doing so, the growing American economy was greatly damaged, especially after the French and Indian War during which thousands of new colonists came due to the abundance of jobs but when the war was over, there were thousands of people poor and hungry (Zinn 60). ...

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The revolution began because the results of the French and Indian War stroke Britain economy hard as the national debt doubled because of how expensive the war turned out to be. ... ", said everything that could be done to avoid war was already tried, but the war was unavoidable and had already begun. ...

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The British were proud to be English and not French or Dutch. ... War of words starts and open conflict is not far away. ... On December 16, 1773 a group of revolutionaries dressed as Mohawks Indians go aboard and dump 340 chests of tea from an incoming boat, into the harbor. ...

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