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A 4 page paper which examines the relations between Britain and America after the French and Indian War and prior to the Revolution. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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period between America and Britain. Those were crucial years that ultimately led to the Revolutionary War. During this period of time Britain was attempting to take more control of America
and essentially consolidate their empire as America opposed their involvement. The following paper examines the conditions and events between the Seven Years War and the Revolution. Britain and
America Up to the Revolution One can perhaps claim that the turning point came in 1760 when "The population of colonists in America reaches 1,500,000" and "George III becomes the
new English King" (The History Place, 2008). He saw the end of the French and Indian War and thus was instrumental in what would follow. "The French and Indian War,
or Seven Years War, represented the decisive turning point in British-colonial relations" and with the Treaty of Paris (1763) Britain gained complete control of the oceans as well as the
trade of shipping (Tax History Museum, 2008). It was a time that also established "sovereignty over much of the North American continent east of the Mississippi River (including French Canada)"
(Tax History Museum, 2008). Although Britain had gained a great deal of control and power following the war they were also in
a position of great economic need. They had borrowed a great deal from bankers, British as well as Dutch, in order to pay for the war and "as a consequence
the national debt almost doubled from ?75 million in 1754 to ?133 million in 1763" (Tax History Museum, 2008). Clearly they needed to find this money owed and so they
began to putting much larger import duties on such items as tobacco and sugar (Tax History Museum, 2008). They also imposed much higher taxes on other itmes such as spirits,
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