Answer to Question #294595 in History for logan

Question

describe how after the French and Indian war the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses

Answer 1

After the French and Indian War, the British tightened their control over the colonies. This resistance unified the colonies for the first time, and in Virginia, the assembly passed the "Stamp Act Resolutions," which asserted the colonies could not be taxed without representation in Parliament. The king tightened control over the colonies because the war cost a lot so he put taxes to get more money and when the colonists refused to pay the taxes the king got worried about how much loyalty the colonists had so he tightened his grip. Britain's debt from the French and Indian War led it to try to consolidate control over its colonies and raise revenue through direct taxation (e.g., Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts), generating tensions between Great Britain and its North American colonies.