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Royal Proclamation
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American Revolution
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Attack on Quebec
With the elimination of France's colonies
and hence the danger from French aggression, the English
colonies felt a new freedom from dependence on their
mother country. The English Parliament was faced with
how to evolve it's relationship with the colonies in the
areas of representation, taxation, trade, military
support and many other issues.
The taxation issue
became a bone of contention between |England and many of
the colonists with a resultant rift developing between
them. As the situation reached a critical point of
confrontation, violence broke out and the continental
congress representing the 13 colonies decided to invite
and invade the former French colonies who had not
responded to their entreaties to join them in opposition
to England. This invasion and the retrenchment of
British troops and naval force to Halifax, drew the line
in the sand and the American revolution ground on to a
conclusion which saw the informal setting of the future
US/Canadian boarders and territories. |
