An extension upon Colonial America.
1 Background…
The title of something illuminates the perspective.
- British Name:
French and Indian War - French Name:
7-Years War(oh yeah btw this war does not last 7 years)
This war manifests themselves between the French and the British so each other calls themselves against each other.
Also, remember this: the only thing worth going to war about is… well.. MONEY.
2 Tensions Brewing
2.1 Benign Neglect: system of British rule
Everything goes into Indian Colonies. Colonists continually spread west looking for land, and exercises a policy of…
Benign neglect: rule as long as production continues, but act autonomously
2.2 Albany Plan: beginning to colonial unity
Albany Plan: colonies would unite to address western-frontier
- Crown rejects plan because feared colonial unity
- Colonies reject plan because feared loosing autonomy
And so, it collapses.
3 British and French War Setup
Lot's of fighting around the St. Laurence River with the French, which the crown believes the colonies would support. The French, then, ceded a crap tonne of land after the war to the British.
3.1 The Proclamation Line of 1763
But! The dividing line between newfound British (prev. French) territory was drawn: named Proclamation Line — shoved the colonizers at their old place just to avoid conflict with the Indian allies.
The colonists are pissed off by the British decision (like, they fought a war, and like they can't use the land? smh)
This, of course, this is one of the seeds of the American Revolution: it's really about land, and really about that resources
3.1.1 Changes Instituted by the Proclamation Line
- Patriot, pre-1763: Crown-loving (loyalists)
- Patriot, post-1763: Anti-crown
3.1.2 Quartering
To keep troops to protect the frontier, the crown decide to make people "quartered" at people's home.