In this chapter, Taylor describes the conflicts and wars that take over North America during the early 1700s, and how these wars shaped the colonies into pre-Revolutionary War America.\u00a0 Taylor does not focus much on the actual battles of the Seven Years War, but instead focuses on the social, political, and economic consequences and outcomes started by the war.<\/p>\n
Due to these conflicts between the British and the French, relations with Native Americans shift in North America.\u00a0 British colonies were rapidly growing, as Taylor points out in 1754 there were over one million British colonists compared to the seventy thousand French colonists (426).\u00a0 This shift in size caused the French to value its relationship with Native Americans, as they were a vital contributor to victory in war.\u00a0 Although Indians wanted to play both the British and the French to maximize utility and to seek the lowest prices, the French were much more cordial and appreciative than the growing British.\u00a0 While British and Native American relations have never been stable, this war exacerbated the situation by making French and Indian relations stronger.\u00a0 The only redeeming factor the British had, Taylor points out, were their plentiful goods at lower prices (428).\u00a0 Despite the Natives favoring the appreciative French over the British, we can see that the British are becoming a powerhouse in North America.<\/p>\n
The most interesting outcome the Seven Years War was the changes in the relationship between the colonies and Britain.\u00a0 As the colonies grew and expanded both on the land and by numbers, the British monarchy decided to reign in the leaders of the colonies and place more restrictions and taxes on the colonists.\u00a0 Taylor points out that the victory in the Seven Years War led the British to rethink its empire and change it to the country\u2019s benefit, but also gave the colonists a sense of entitlement and power because they were the ones to fight in and win the war.\u00a0 The conflicting attitudes led to colonist\u2019s revolting and the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n
In his blog post titled \u201cColonial Origins of the American Dream,\u201d Max discusses this change in colonist\u2019s mind-set towards their homeland led to the beginning of the American Dream.\u00a0 The American Dream, known to many as an American\u2019s ability to work hard to achieve goals, is often thought of being an American idea after the Revolutionary War when Americans were independent from the British.\u00a0 The resistant attitude and their willingness to fight the homeland to achieve the end goal of freedom show that the colonists were already starting to work towards this American Dream.<\/p>\n
This time in pre-Revolutionary War America proved to be a defining period in American history.\u00a0 British colonies changed as they fought against the French in the Seven Years War, started to alienate Native Americans, and developed a defiant attitude towards Britain.\u00a0 Taylor portrays these changing events and feelings well through this chapter on imperial wars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this chapter, Taylor describes the conflicts and wars that take over North America during the early 1700s, and how these wars shaped the colonies into pre-Revolutionary War America.\u00a0 Taylor does not focus much on the actual battles of the Seven Years War, but instead focuses on the social, political, and economic consequences and outcomes … <\/p>\n