Results_of_the_French_and_Indian_War

In the year of 1763, the battles of the French and Indian War had finally came to an end. Over years of turmoil between the English and French, an agreement was settled leaving France with no claim to any land on the North American continent. Although England had seemed to be the winner of this first world war, in reality the British people suffered many loses in both casualties and money. The results had left the crown to begin taxing the new world colonists, which left many irritated and rebellious. However, it can be said that it was the British who were the revolutionaries in 1763 and the colonists were the conservatives attempting to preserve the status quo. This can be justified because during this time it was Britain who depended on the colonists loyalty, wholeheartedly, and the colonists who preferred to keep class distinctions and separate themselves from citizen responsibilities. During the French and Indian War the English had depended on the colonists and Indian allies to help fight alongside the troops and to dedicate themselves to the cause. It was because of these added efforts that the British was even capable of destroying the French to begin with. When the war was over the English still needed the colonists loyalty, not just for the support, but for being the “children” that the mother land had to protect. Without threat of French invasion, people such as Benjamin Franklin, who was in England around the time, were quick to publish their opinion that the Americans would begin to revolt against the crown. These worries were soon proven when the colonists began to go against British trade and seek golden routes with enemy, super-power countries such as France and Spain. It feared the leaders that the colonists were able to survive without British aid and had started to help finance their loses just for the mere support. And when they did finally start to pass the Acts, that supposedly guaranteed money for the treasury, they had the struggle to keep the colonists in line enough to get the payment of what only one-third of the war had cost. This money that the British taxed may of seemed unfair, but to the English, it was merely what was due for defending their part of the new world. In a sense these ideas were revolutionary to British rule, instead of purposely drying out the American economy. The colonists at this time were very jubilant and didn’t take into account any of the prejudices that the old world people had for them. In their minds they were the new British people. Their own independent motives and intelligence were the real factors that had gave England her victory. But their help was not based on selfless reasons. It took the restoration of their financial lose to give the colonists more excitement in the cause. This left the English in question. If the Americans didn’t want to freely help the war that was raiding all over there land, then what potential did they hold to fight off the super power that bound them to her side' Until the trouble over No Taxation Without Representation rose, most colonists were loyalist the the British crown. Most of their lives were simple, but the people were greedy. They wanted the title of being English citizens without the actual duty and responsibility that came along with it. The class distinctions that the aristocrats from the Old World had brought were still evident and there were those who agreed that as long no battle was fought anywhere close to their territory, they had no excuse to be involved. Any sense of nationalism was buried, as those who were more concerned with personal gain triumphed over the feelings of change and questionable improvement. Even after all the French and Indian War trauma between the numerous countries involved, the events of the American Revolution were inevitable. Though I believe these actions had sped up the process it is wrong to assume the positions that each nation had held. The English had little mind for the colonists, except when they needed the back up, and the colonists had either believed they were superior to their mother country, or need not get involved with her personal affairs. So I think it can actually be said that at different times, both the colonists and the British, had acted as the revolutionists and the “old fashioned” conservatives.