Seventeen sixty-three was a year of great celebration, it was the year of the French and Indian War’s end. The British defeated the French and their Native American allies, in North America. The colonists were pleased with the British victory, because they could now live in peace. However, as time past and the cost of the war were being charged to the colonies, the 13 began to feel enmity towards England. The Americans became unified …showed first 75 words of 812 total…

…showed last 75 words of 812 total…The colonists were being taxed unreasonably to pay for the French and Indian War, which was fought for capital not for protection, and the British soldiers who were paid to protect the colonists opened fire against them, after being pelted with snowballs during the Boston Massacre. The colonists understood that a revolution would be the only way for Britain’s tyranny to finally end. Therefore, it made perfect sense to break away from Great Britain.