This, too, would lead to conflicts with land-hungry settlers and land speculators like George Washington (see map above).īritish leaders also felt the need to tighten control over their empire. In addition, an uprising on the Ohio frontier - Pontiac's Rebellion - led to the Proclamation of 1763, which forbade colonial settlement west of the Allegany Mountains. This decision would lead to a variety of problems with the colonists. As a result, the British decided to keep a standing army in America. Even with Britain's acquisition of Canada from France, the prospects of peaceful relations with the Native America tribes were not good. Maintaining order in America was a significant challenge. Nor was the problem of the imperial debt the only one facing British leaders in the wake of the Seven Years' War. The American Revolution and Its Era, 1750-1789 Cantonment of the forces in North America, 11 October 1765 Figuring out how to pay the interest alone absorbed the attention of the King and his ministers. Interest on the debt was more than 4.4 million pounds a year. In January 1763, Great Britain's national debt was more than 122 million pounds, an enormous sum for the time. Even though Great Britian defeated France and its allies, the victory came at great cost. Keep in mind that the French and Indian War (known in Europe as the Seven Years' War) was a global conflict.
Even so, the seeds of these conflicts were planted during, and as a result of, this war. When the French and Indian War finally ended in 1763, no British subject on either side of the Atlantic could have foreseen the coming conflicts between the parent country and its North American colonies.
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