The ways the French and Indian War altered the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies

The French and Indian War altered the relationship between Britain and its American colonies in several ways. Every manner significantly set the stage for what was in store for this fateful relationship, whether it was political, economical, or ideological. The complete domination of America by Britain, the Proclamation of 1763, and the idea of unity all sprang from the French and Indian War and started a revolution both tangible and insubstantial.
The French and Indian War was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War, spanning nine years. It plunged Britain into debt, which the Crown chose to pay off with tax money from its colonies. With the ending of the French and Indian War, the American colonies became completely subordinate to Great Britain. As seen in (Document A), the British completely wiped out the French, leaving them in control of the entire eastern coastline, thus creating a vast political change in North America. Now, Britain had to “govern” not only themselves but the American colonies as well. Britain being in debt, allowed the monarchs to blame the colonists for the escalation of this debt. The British, did protect them, in their opinion, it was the least they could do.
Due to Pontiac’s Rebellion, shortly after the French and Indian War, restless colonists; forced their British counterparts to take action. In the thoughts of many Indians seen in (Document B) “Our land has spoiled”. Entailing, that the Colonist/Western Frontiersmen; have over stepped their boundaries, and damage must be done. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763 by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Britain's vast new North American empire, and to stabilize relations with Native Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. As seen in (Document H) the whole idea of the French and Indian War was thrown “out of the window” and now Britain’s line of fire had shifted toward the colonists. This complete economic swift, meant that the colonist, no longer could plan their own future, it was now all up to Great Britain.
The Albany Congress, issued during 1754 was a tactic to create peaceful relations, between the Iroquois Indians and the colonists. This congress was not as important as the Stamp Act Congress, during 1765, as seen in (Document E), “Stamp Act must repeal”. But during the French and Indian War, it was a great step forward. The cartoons by Benjamin Franklin, expressed the fact that without unity, the colonies would prosper or perish in the effort. After the Proclamation of 1763, the colonists had realized their true destiny, revolution.
Overall the French and Indian War, shaped what was to become, the colonists destiny, freedom from the mother country. As George Washington states in (Document C) “Serve my country”, is in time is what all American colonists did in the wake of the French and Indian War. All of the factors, political, economical, and ideological ushered on a new age, for the colonists. An age where only where one thing existed, unity.