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The effects after the French and Indian War created an unbalanced relationship between Britain and the British colonies. The victory allowed Britain to expand their territory, but also brought Britain in great debt. Britain believed that Parliament should have more authority over the colonists and so they put in Acts to enforce their rules. The many different Acts created resentment throughout the colonies towards their mother country. The French and Indian War also had the effect on the colonies and the colonists because they all fought together and were unified. Before the war, the colonies were very untrustful of each other, but the war helped them fight against a common enemy. The French and Indian War caused Britain to enforce acts upon the colonies, helped create the ideas of freedom between the colonies, and allowed the colonies to become unified. 

 After the French and Indian War Britain gained land and allowed the settlers to move to the open territory. When colonists began to move west and into Indian territory, they became vulnerable and were not protected. That’s why Parliament issued the Royal Proclamation, which prohibited the colonists to settle west. This angered the colonists because now finally freed from French settlers, they were now being held back by their own country. Britain then also having to pay off debt, began to apply acts, starting with the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. The colonists started to boycott certain products, such as sugar. The Stamp Act was passed on March 22, 1765 and required the colonists to pay tax on all the printed paper they used. Now the colonists were infuriated with Parliament and Britain because they were piling them on with acts without their consent. With the Tea Act, the colonies had enough and that’s what caused the Boston Tea Party. When British found out what the colonists had done they closed off the harbor, in Boston, until the colonists paid off for all the tea they dumped. They also began...

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