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Nicholas Nerys Premisler Thanksgiving Assignment DBQ: How did the French and Indian War affect the political, economic, and social relations between the British and the American Colonies? Be sure to use all the documents and your prior knowledge about this.

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Document 2 “…I shall be particularly cautious of doing anything inconsistent with the peace so lately concluded: but I think it incumbent on me to say, that it will be impossible to retain those Indians, or any other, in his Majesty's interest unless we continue to trade with them…”

Governor Glen, The Role of the Indians in the Rivalry Between France, Spain, and England, 1761

Document 3 “…The restoration of peace has in no wise diverted the English from their constant design to get possession of all the commerce of America. It is only necessary to consider their actual conduct to be convinced of this truth…” Memoir on the English Aggression, October 1750 Document 4 “…The King of Great Britain cedes the islands of St. Pierre and Macquelon, in full right, to his Most Christian Majesty, to serve as a shelter to the French fishermen; and his said Most Christian Majesty engages not to fortify the said islands; to erect no buildings upon them but merely for the conveniency of the fishery; and to keep upon them a guard of fifty men only for the police…” The Treaty of Paris 1763

Document 5 “… This must affect England in the nearest and most sensible manner, in respect to our trade, which will soon become precarious in all the variable branches of it; in respect to our peace and safety at home, which we cannot hope should long continue; and in respect to that part, which England ought to take in the preservation of the liberty of Europe…”

King William of England Addresses Parliament on the French Question, (31 December 1701)

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