How Did The French And Indian War Influence The Colonies

The British ruled over the colonies in America very lightly before the French and Indian war. The colonists created their own taxes and ruled themselves practically. Britain made money from all of the trade flowing through itself because of all of the colonies it had. This system worked out very well until a war started in the colonies against the colonies of France. The French and Indian War caused the British to have debts that they had to pay off, and since it was fought partially in the American colonies, the colonies needed to help pay for some of the war debts. Parliament established some taxes on the colonies, which infuriated the rich land owners in the colonies. Some of the elite land owners formed a group called the Sons of Liberty, …show more content…
The acts that were placed on the colonists after the French and Indian War was the Sugar Act, the Currency Act of 1764, the Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, the Declaratory Act, the Townshend Acts, and the Tea Act. These acts all helped Parliament pay for the war and keep the colonies in order. The first Act that caused fuss in the colonies that Parliament later repealed was the Stamp …show more content…
This act also caused playing cards and dice to be taxed. Interestingly enough, the playing cards pack’s tax is only one shilling while the pair of dice’s tax was ten shillings. This tax was placed on the colonists without a real second thought because Parliament had already placed these taxes on England. The colonists retaliated with a great force of discontent and used the statement “taxation without representation is tyranny” (Stamp Act History). When they said that, they really meant statement internal taxation