How did the French and Indian War change the relationship between England and the colonies?

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Answer 1

After France's defeat from the British, France lost all its North American possessions to Britain. Now the British in order to protect the colonists from Indians that inhabitated the lands ceded by the French issued the Proclamation of 1763. This prohibited the colonist to settle to the Western Lands (ceded lands). The British did this because the Seven Years' War (called French and Indian War in the colonies) was very costly and they knew any altercation between the white colonists and the Indians would mean more expenses both in man power and money. However, the colonists felt that they were being robbed of their rights because they felt they had self-entitlement to settle in these "dangerous" lands since they were in fact part of the British colonies as of then.

This was another added reason for the growing resentment towards the British along with other Acts of Parliaments (e.g. Stamp Act), which ultimately resulted in to the Revolution.

Here is the map of the Proclamation of 1763 to help give you get an idea. The red is where the colonists were allowed to settle and the pink were off-limits. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...