Monday, September 14, 2009
The French & indian war response
The French and Indian war set up a lot of issues that effected the future directly. One of the most infuential issue involving the military was when general Pitt sent the entire British Army to fight in the American theater of the war. This move won England the war, but it also put England in massive debt, and resulted in the deaths of many soilders. The Debt King George III gained, about 75 million pounds at least, caused him to force the colonies to send even more common materials to England for them to make money, and most importantly creating the Tea Act. George III's new laws to make money really started to make the colonists dislike the english monarchy and push them towards the Revolutionary war.
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Ricky, you had a very nice response. Not too much detail and straight to the point. I had never really considered or realized how large the debt of the English was, which shows exactly how much money the colonies needed to pay off. I also like how you took a different approach from others and decided to discuss the relationship between the colonists and the British instead of the British and the French.
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