... 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. At first the British were frighten of the French who devastated their settlements but they were ... able to recover after William Pitt was at the command of th...

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In 1763, the American colonists were excited as they expected to gain honor and prestige after helping win the French and Indian War with the British. However, the British had a different perspective of the future as the war had doubled it's national debt. As Britain started raising taxes in the colonies, the colonists believed that it was not reasonable because the colonists had helped ... that their rights were threatened, they acted according to these principles to gain back their rights. In addition, colonists had to pay taxes that they thought were not fair. The French and Indian War inc...

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... that the Louisiana Territory had been transferred from Spain to France due to the Treaty of San Ildefonso. Jefferson did not like having the French occupy the vast territory to the West, and in fact he proclaimed that whoever occupied New Orleans was "our natural and habitual enemy". ... had a strong effect on the United States. The Federalists and New England supported the British throughout the war; the Republicans and the West and South supported the French. Both the British and the French, which gave the Federalists and Republicans basis for argument, threatened America's right as a...

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... to finance their large empire and many wars. They maintained a large Army and Navy and had colonies in India, Asia and North America. They also fought a costly war with France called the French and Indian War. This war significantly affected the North American Colonies and ultimately led to British taxation over the colonies without representation. This eventually resulted in the elimination of colonial self-government ... in Massachusetts with General Thomas Gage's appointment as governor. The Americans fought a long war for their independence. After several years of fighting, the Amer...

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... birth of a new society with a unique political system, theoretically separate from the governments of its predecessors, but nonetheless influenced by their attributes and shortcomings. At the close of the French and Indian War in 1760, Great Britain was in extreme financial need. Britain began passing legislation heavily taxing goods entering the colonies, in an attempt to reduce Britain's wartime debts. The colonists were ... ...

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... through negotiation. Washington, Ellis tells us, lived on reputation and stature, both of which he deserved. But his military genius is questionable ; he never won a battle, not in the French and Indian War where he first attracted notice, and not in the Revolution. Jefferson was worldly, educated, studious, multi-talented, and also a liar who had no objection to others doing his dirty work ... ...

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