Seven Year War Analysis

The Seven Year War was between the French and British when France’s extension into the Ohio River brought a series of battles that led to British declaring war in 1756. Cost of the war had caused Britain to go into a debt of £133 million by borrowing from (whoever they borrowed from). To help solve this issue, British politicians had decided to tax their colonies throughout the globe. The American colonies, however, weren’t in favor of this. American colonies were in an economic depression, due to supplying food and supplies to British Army, so timing with the tax from Britain caused a rise of frustration with the colonists. At first came the Sugar Act from Britain. The Sugar Act was an indirect tax, Boundless says the tax, “had imposed a tax of …show more content…
This was referred to as Tarring and Feathering. Violence like this soon turned deadly when the Boston Massacre killed five countrymen and left six others wounded. The Patriots said it was the Redcoat’s fault, and the Redcoats say it was the Patriot's fault, on the word of Adams, “... the very effective efforts of the people of Boston, to throw the blame for the whole affair upon the British.” Seeing as colonists were growing more agitated with the Britain troops, it’s not hard to think that the snowball fight started with the colonists, whom then had put the blame on Britain once people were shot. In Allison’s words, “Three men, Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray and James Caldwell died on the street; Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr were dead within the week. The official British report called it an “unhappy disturbance,” but Boston leaders immediately called it the “horrid massacre.”” To some, these deaths were considered the first deaths of the American Revolution. The outcome of the Boston Massacre resulted in Parliament ending the Townshend taxes against everything, but tea. Ergo, the Tea Act was passed. The Tea Act was a way to try and save the failing East India Company by greatly lowering its tea