Answer:
After the French and Indian War, tension between Britain and the colonies grew due to increased taxation of the colonists because of the war.
Explanation:
The French and Indian War (1754-1763) was the part of the Seven Years War developed in North America. The name refers to the two main enemies that the British faced: the French and different tribes of Native Americans.
Great Britain had clearly been the great victor of the conflict, managing to dominate the entire east coast of North America and eliminating a rival colonial empire that prevented it from spreading inland.
Economically, the war was disastrous for both parties. The public debts in the two countries threatened to bankrupt the Public Treasury. Both reacted by raising taxes enormously. The difference was that Great Britain applied them to the American colonists and France, having lost their colonies had to tax the lives of their citizens. The British taxes on tea trade and the Stamp Act were notable.
This war led to the Revolution of the colonies against the British domination. As mentioned before, Great Britain imposed on its colonies exorbitant taxes that drowned its economy, which led, among others, to the Boston Tea Party. Moreover, when the settlers lost to the only neighboring power able to defeat them, they no longer needed the British army to defend themselves. The only enemies they had to face were the natives, whom they had managed to subdue so far. England had forced many settlers to participate actively in the war so that in the colonies lived many veterans who knew how to apply war tactics and who, more importantly, had discovered that they were capable of defeating larger armies.
