13 Colonies In The 1700s

The British colonies were going well in the 1700’s. There were conflicts with the Native Americans but nothing really too large. There was no way to predict that the thirteen colonies would try to form their own colonies. The Seven Years’ War was unexpected and one of the most significant events to happen to North America. This war was closely related to the fur trade. There were early Indian wars, clashes over land control and clashes within tribes. The Iroquois want to maintain independence and keep the power over tribes while also were trying to play off the British and French. There was a global economic system (including the slave and the fur trade) and these goods were showing up in Native American villages so they were tied into this …show more content…
They needed to raise their own forces and the colonies needed to get funds to pay upkeep for that. The colonies have a lot of potential and the British realize that, so they subsidize the colonial defense. The colonies didn’t work together and showed little empathy for what the British were doing. But when they began to subsidize colonial defense, the militia becomes a lot more attractive and the colonial defenses become much more organized. This leads to a more effective use of small forces. The British also decide that the colonies need to organize single defensive strategies and work together. The thirteen colonies never worked together before and decided to have one policy to cover all thirteen colonies; this would result in them working together well. This is helpful when the British face the French later on. Much of the prewar political arrangements begin to break up and new elites begin to come up and there are new classes of society that are more active in politics. This results in more interest in politics throughout the colonies. The events that are happening affect everyone and they want to have a say in what is going on and that also includes joining the