This brought about great change to North America not only now to a new country (The United States) but also to Canada. ... Upper Canada was tapered into British fashion seeing how a majority of the inhabitants were English, and Lower Canada maintained its French laws. ... The war of 1812 basically saw the end of Americans moving to the Canada's and Atlantic colonies, thus stopping any relations between Britain and America. ... The war also placed general residents in a position of power, they held off an American attack, which showed if they saw fit they too could revolt against there ...

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In 1754, a British were at war with the French, Spanish, and Austrians. This war was called the French and Indian War or the Seven Years War. ... The British took over control of Canada and in 1763 the Treaty of Paris was signed. ... The French fought with the Americans until the war ended. ... The treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War. ...

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After the last French and Indian War(1754-63) the British gained Canada and the Missisippi area as new territories. The war was won but the costs had been huge, and would remain high due to the need to protect the colonies against other (western or native) enemies. But even more dangerous to the empire was the fact that Anglo-American strategic and economic interdependence were disrupted and no longer coincided after the War, a factor which would soon prove to undermine the bond between the empire and its American colonies. ... Added to this was a general post-war depression and the enactmen...

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Great Britain laid down many laws and Acts which were the main reasons leading up to the revolutionary war, otherwise known as America's War for Independence. ... These three acts were the start of the build up towards the war. ... The last Act was the Quebec Act, which extended Canada's boundaries south to the Ohio River. ... These many acts and reactions is what led up to America's War for Independence....

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The colonists had to pay for the tea they had spilt during the Boston Tea Party, forbade the colonists to hold town meetings, allowed customs officer and other officials who might be tried in Britain or Canada, and colonists would have to house the British soldiers. ... But instead, a war broke out after a person fired a shot. 8 colonists were killed. ...

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After the last French and Indian war (1754-1763) the British gained Canada and the Mississippi area as new territories. The war was won but the costs had been huge, and would remain high due to the need to protect the colonies against other enemies. But even more dangerous to the empire was the fact that Anglo-American strategic and economic interdependence were disrupted and no longer coincided after the War. ... Additional to this was a general post-war depression and the enactment of another act prohibiting the use of paper money as legal tender, almost immediately following the Sugar Act....

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