France was more interested in the fur trade than in settling the land. The British hurt the French traders’ business when they bought fur from the Indians. However, by 1760 the French had lost Quebec and Montreal to the British. The French and Indian War ended after the British defeated the French in Quebec.
Q. What was the cause of the French and Indian War?
Causes of the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empire.
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- Q. What was the cause of the French and Indian War?
- Q. How did the French and Indian War affect the natives?
- Q. What are two reasons for the growing conflict between Great Britain and the colonies?
- Q. What convinced the colonists to declare independence?
- Q. What were the main complaints arguments against Britain in the Declaration of Independence?
- Q. What are two complaints in the Declaration of Independence?
- Q. What will change in the colonies as a result of the declaration?
Q. How did the French and Indian War affect the natives?
The French and Indian War also had lasting (and devastating) effects for the Native American tribes of North America. Furthermore, with the French presence gone, there was little to distract the British government from focusing its stifling attention on whatever Native American tribes lay within its grasp.
Q. What are two reasons for the growing conflict between Great Britain and the colonies?
Britain’s debt from the French and Indian War led it to try to consolidate control over its colonies and raise revenue through direct taxation (e.g., Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts), generating tensions between Great Britain and its North American colonies.
Q. What convinced the colonists to declare independence?
Why did the American Colonies declare independence? The low tax allowed the East India Company to undercut even tea smuggled into America by Dutch traders, and many colonists viewed the act as another example of taxation tyranny.
Q. What were the main complaints arguments against Britain in the Declaration of Independence?
The colonists’ reasons for declaring independence and their specific complaints against the English government can be summarized into three main themes: Individual rights, representation and taxation. 7.
Q. What are two complaints in the Declaration of Independence?
1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 2. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
Q. What will change in the colonies as a result of the declaration?
What will change in the colonies as a result of the Declaration? The colonies will change by becoming independent united states, not subject to another countries’ rule, and they will have the right to do what all countries may.
