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In the French and Indian war, the English colonists ultimately drove France out of the New World. As they won the Battle of Quebec, success was insured by the death of the French general Montcalm. Because of the war, tensions between the colonists and Britain grew and grew. The French and Indian War is a major turning point between the colonial people and the English people because of specific economic and social reasons.

The economy in the colonies and Britain was vastly different because of the war effort. Britain, ultimately had to pay for the entire war effort, with their national debt ending at 132 million pounds. The colonies only had to pay 2 million pounds, for the war as well. Knowing this, England had to find a way to gain money and fast. One of King George III's ideas to solve the national debt problem in England was to tax everything that was a necesity in the colonies. Things like sugar, indigo, and other materials were imperative to have in the colonial region, so, the king enforced laws directing the materials to England, to make the colonists have to pay taxes for their necestities. This did not suit well with the colonists, who immediately started having bitter feelings towards their home country. Through their tough economic debt, England taxed the colonists for their necessities, which increased the tension between the two.

One social example of how the French and Indian War caused tension between the colonies and Britain was how King George III enforced the Proclamation Line in 1763. During the war, the colonists fought long and hard against the Native Americans and French. After winning the war, the land beyond the Appalacian Mountains was new, open land for the colonists to take hold of. Unfortunately, for the colonists, King George III immediately did not approve of this because settling in the new land would cost too much money. Eventually, the king created the Proclamation Line in order to ensure the Native Americans did not rebel again, but also, prohibiting the colonists from settling west of the Appalacian mountains. The colonists had evidently fought for nothing in this case. The colonists won that land through battle and were not allowed to settle there. Colonists who fought felt unappreciated and unwanted, and having more bitter thoughts toward the British government. If England had not had so much national debt, they could have avoided the tension in the first place.

Because of the French and Indian War, bitter tension was created between the colonists and Britain. The colonists were not going to endure taxes on everyday materials, and certainly wanted to settle in the land that was fought so hard to obtain. England, because of this tension, erased salutary neglect and needed to keep a tight hold on the colonists to prevent something like a rebellion or revolt.