In order to understand why these founding fathers would go to such lengths to separate themselves from Britain, after all they were committing treason by creating this Declaration, we have to go back in time to the French and Indian War, most commonly known in Europe as the Seven Years War, (1754-1763) and the aftermath. The French and Indian war took place in America. The French and their Indian allies fought the Americans and British soldiers for control of the Ohio Valley in order to gain access to the, very lucrative, Mississippi river. ... Slowly they took control over the war and forced...

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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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Issue: Was the Revolutionary War inevitable? ... Position Statement: The Revolutionary War was inevitable. ... The war is actually begun! ... (Patrick Henry-1) 7.After the French and Indian Wars were over and France was no longer a threat to Britain in America, Britain found that the colonists were demanding more freedom to self-rule. ... The war is actually begun! ...

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We will look at the French and Indian war also known as the 7 year war, and the American involvement in the war to help England beat the French. ... Know during and after the war the deterioration in the relationship between England and America was seen when provincial solider and British Solider could not get along with each other. The Americans would think that the British were immoral, profane men, in which these men had to be controlled with brutal discipline.# Later on after the war Britain would still command post in the New World and would then send even more soldiers to America, which ...

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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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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 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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