How did internal political developments in England impact her relationship with her American colonies?

Question

American History starting of colonies

Answer 1

Those living in the colonies were living on a frontier where land was freely available, albeit the French, the Spaniards and most importantly the Native American Indians.  Land was to be had in the colonies, unlike in England where only those of aristocracy owned it.  The opportunity to amass great wealth also existed in the colonies whereas it did not in England.  But most importantly, while those in the colonies strove to add land to the English Empire -- still believing themselves to be aligned with England, the English were more so interested in building a Naval Empire and owning the seas.

The colonists pushed westward into the Ohio Valley and encroached upon the French and the Indians.  The English colonists saw it as their duty to God and King to spread their brand of government and religion to those believed to be without civilization.  They looked down upon the French for not teaching the Indians to read the word of God.  The French were more interested in holding waterways (to move pelts and fish) than in clearing the land for agriculture.  The English saw land uncleared as land wasted. And in bringing them the word of God, required them to not only learn to read, but to give up their own beliefs and accept "Christianity" or risk eternal damnation.  In that sense, the Indians chose to side themselves with the French who left the hunting grounds untouched and their beliefs essentially intact, only slightly augmented.

With that in mind, the English colonists pushed into the Ohio Valley which was more rightfully held by the French and the Indians.  They begged the crown for assistance in routing out the French.  The Crown had settled their disputes with France and wanted to avoid confrontation.  As the colonists attacked and took French fortifications and presented them to the crown, the powers that be (the crown) would apologetically return those forts to the French.  In England, the crown saw no harm in living with the French and later the Spaniards in North America.  To the English colonists, this arrangement simply would not work.  There was a difference of vision in what was to be the English Empire.