Did Britain Really Win The War?
...in 1689 and did not end until 1763. Now the main question is "Did Britain really win?" There were many factors ranging from political to economical that prevented Britain from experiencing full success of winning the war. In addition, this war is what ultimately started the separation of the colonies from Britain.
Britain faced many political problems after the French and Indian War that prevented her from experiencing full success of winning the war. The problems ranged from acts and just plain fights or riot that went on after the war ended.
During the French and Indian War, the British government recognized the desperate need for coordinating colonial defense. To come up with a solution to this problem the British government called for representatives from several colonies to meet and come up with a plan. There several representatives adopted a plan - The Albany Plan of Union- that provided for an intercolonial government and a system for recruiting
troops and collecting taxes from the various colonies for their common defense. Even
though Benjamin Franklin had developed the plan, it did not coincide well with the colonies. The reason this plan did not work was that the colonies were too jealous of their own taxation powers to accept the idea of intercolonial government. Even though the Albany Plan of Union was not accepted, it would later set an example for a more revolutionary congress in the 1700s. (Newman and Schmalbach 61)
Pontiac's Rebellion would be the first major test of the new British imperial policy after salutary neglect. In 1763, Chief Pontiac would lead a major attack against colonial settlements on the western frontier. The Ottawa Indians were so angered that Europeans settlers kept on their westward movement. The British also angered them with the refusal to offer gifts as the French had done. During the attack, forts from...
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