How did the French and Indian War draw the colonists closer together but increase the friction with Britain?
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Colonists saw that the British were unfair by making them fight, then taxing them for a war they didn't want
The French and Indian war put the British in a huge debt. This huge debt eventually led the British to tax the American colonies with a series of acts which the colonists saw as a violation of their liberty. As the British passed more acts, the colonists felt the need to declare independence.
to reduce the c olonies reliance on Britain and increase their sense of independence
the proclamation of 1763 said that you couldn't settle in the west in North America but some of the colonists already had land in the east. So the colonists were really angry at Britain because they had already paid for that land and couldn't use it now.
they circulated writings about the colonists' grievances against Britain. Soon they brought together protesters.
Because they Lacked a unified army due to the fact many of colonists still thought of themselves as British
The colonists worried that Britain did not care for colonial concernse...
American colonists did not think that they were being treated fairly by Great Britain.
This committee circulated writings about colonists' grievances against Britain. Soon other committees of correspondence sprang up throughout the colonies, bringing together protesters opposed to Britain ≈ Slim
none. the gov. of Britain did it
no
Loyalists
Colonists who opposed Britain and wanted freedom were patriots. Colonists who were loyal to Britain were loyalists or Tories. Most of the colonists wanted or didn't want freedom, so there really was no need to a name.