... be imposed on the Americans so to facilitate this. As well as paying for the army the taxes would pay for the huge debt that the British accumulated during the war. Tension had been building between the British government and the colonies for ten years before the revolution and this tax's was the light that ignited the fires of rebellion in the hearts of the American men. The French and Indian war had imposed a massive debt on the government. The government needed revenue and they looked ... towards the colonies to pay for it. The colonies had become ... ...

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... were at war with the French, Spanish, and Austrians. This war was called the French and Indian War or the Seven Years War. In the same year a twenty-one-year-old George Washington was sent to the Ohio country with 150 Virginia men. Washington ran into a group of French troop just outside of Fort Duquesne. There the first bullet of the war was shot and Washington came out victorious over the French troops. Although, Washington had won the battle, the French quickly retaliated and forced ... of amity and commerce with the United States. On February 6th, the alliance treaty followed. The F...

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... English ships and to serve as markets for the manufactured goods. The British military and naval power gained for Britain the two most important parts of the empire: Canada and India. Even the Seven Years" War left Britain dominant in Canada. That is why today there can still be found many French speaking places, like Ontario and so on. Robert Clive's military victories against the French and the rulers of Bengal, in the 1750's, provided the British with ... rapidly in many of the remaining colonies after World War I and even more so after World War II. As a result, in India in 1947, in...

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... also created a greater conflict with the colonies. The message behind the proclamation helped lead the colonies to revolution and made a war with Britain inevitable. The colonists had fought with the British army as one force in the French and Indian War, and had expected to enjoy the benefits of victory. Despite their hopes, Britain decided to create the proclamation line to keep the colonists out of the lands they had just fought for. The Proclamation Line of 1763 was ... many would point to the Boston Tea Party or the Intolerable Acts of 1774 as the moment the Revolutionary War becam...

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... considered proper. He achieved a great victory for the British in the French and Indian War, among many other great feats. Although nothing he did was perfect in any way, everything he accomplished had a tremendous impact on both a new America and an old Britain. William Pitt was born in St. James Parish, London, England on November 15, 1708. His mother and father, Harriet and Robert Pitt, had six other children, five daughters ... and another son. He grew up in a family that ... ...

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... to govern and defend their large empire and on top of that the costs went up even more durning the French and Indian War. One way they could pay it off was to tax the Americans on every day goods. Some of the major taxations were the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Act. The Sugar Act put taxes on sugar, wine, and coffee. The Quartering Act forced colonists to house and provision the British soldiers. The Stamp Act ... forced colonists to pay a tax on newspaper, legal documents, pamphlets and cards. The Townshend Acts ... ...

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... at an independent national government based on a confederation. Events that led to the Revolutionary War: Conflict between Britain and the American colonies began in the 1760s when the British government decided to raise revenues by imposing taxes on the American colonies, to pay for the French and Indian War. In 1764, the Sugar Act was passed, and may colonist were unwilling to pay the required tax. In 1765, the British Parliament passe the Stamp Act, providing for internal taxation ... , which colonists named "taxation without representation". The colonists boycotted the purchase of En...

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