Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Social Studies

To what extent did the French and Indian War make the Revolutionary War inevitable ?

The French and Indian War made the Revolutionary War inevitable to a great extent. The French and Indian war was where the Indians and French teamed up together to fight the British and the colonists. If the British won, they would receive land from either Canada or the Caribbean. Since, the British won, they got control over Canada. This war made the revolution inevitable because the results of the war caused the colonists to be angry. After the war, Britain had a large debt that they couldn't pay off easily. Therefore, they raised taxes to an extreme amount, when the colonists hadn't been paying any before. Furthermore, winning the war meant more land for the farmers, but Britain passed the Proclamation of 1765, which restricted settling into anywhere past the Appalachian mountains. This was an outrage because that was why the colonists were fighting in this war, to gain land over the Indians. To have a restriction against what they rightfully earned was an outrage. Another thing that Britain did to make the revolution bound to happen was raise many new laws that took away the freedom of the colonists. For example, there was the Quartering Act of 1765 where colonists had to house soldiers. This meant feeding them, and treating them as there own child. This was very bad because the colonists didn't have much money after the war, not receiving land, or paying extra high taxes, so their mouths were more of a priority but instead they had to house soldiers. Another act that was passed was the Stamp Act of 1765, which made you stamp all documents which costs lots of money. Obviously, all these reasons would cause tension between Britain and the colonists, therefore the revolution was inevitable to a great extent.