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Along with Florida, Great Britain also gained territory in French Canada. The map of colonial Empires in North America in 1754 and 1763, shows the shift of colonial power before and after the French and Indian War (document A). At the start of the war, France owned all the land from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rockies. More importantly, France had claims to the Mississippi River, a major transportation hub, allowing them to greatly expand their trade. At the end of the war however, France’s rule in North America became nonexistent, making them no longer a threat to the English colonies. With a surplus of newly-acquired land, Great Britain was required to defend and maintain control of their expanded empire. However, Britain felt that the colonists were unfit and unwilling to defend the new frontiers of their vastly expanded empire. This increased the tension between the colonists and Great Britain that would only intensify over the next three years. Great Britain also established the Proclamation Line of 1763 to prohibit colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains in hope that future hostilities between settlers and Native Americans would be prevented. However, the Proclamation Line only caused the colonists to
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The two shared many of the same ideals and values and wanted it to stay that way. As George Washington said in his letter to Robert Orme, the assistant to General Edward Braddock, “But, besides this and the laudable desire I may have to serve (with my best abilities) my King and Country, I must be ingenuous enough to confess , that I am not a little biased by selfish considerations.” (Document C). Washington wrote this letter expressing his strong desires to serve in the British military and honor the King and his country. George Washington was among many men in the shared respect for the British government and military. However, this drastically changes during the war. The soldier suffer from many hardships and depravities. In 1759, a Massachusetts soldiers writes “And we, being here within stone walls, are not likely to get liquors or clothes at these time of year; and though we be Englishmen born, we are debarred[denied] Englishmen’s liberty. Therefore we now see what it is to be under martial law and to be withe the [British] regulars, who are but little better than slaves to their officers” (Document D). This diary entry shows us that the soldiers were treated like slaves and denied many basic necessities. The colonists came into the war by choice but were disillusioned by it and Great Britain. The
The two shared many of the same ideals and values and wanted it to stay that way. As George Washington said in his letter to Robert Orme, the assistant to General Edward Braddock, “But, besides this and the laudable desire I may have to serve (with my best abilities) my King and Country, I must be ingenuous enough to confess , that I am not a little biased by selfish considerations.” (Document C). Washington wrote this letter expressing his strong desires to serve in the British military and honor the King and his country. George Washington was among many men in the shared respect for the British government and military. However, this drastically changes during the war. The soldier suffer from many hardships and depravities. In 1759, a Massachusetts soldiers writes “And we, being here within stone walls, are not likely to get liquors or clothes at these time of year; and though we be Englishmen born, we are debarred[denied] Englishmen’s liberty. Therefore we now see what it is to be under martial law and to be withe the [British] regulars, who are but little better than slaves to their officers” (Document D). This diary entry shows us that the soldiers were treated like slaves and denied many basic necessities. The colonists came into the war by choice but were disillusioned by it and Great Britain. The