nough manpower to take on the French all by themselves.
             When King George III realized that his prized possession, the American colonies, was in danger of being taken over by the French, he sent troops to push the French- American boundary line deeper into the interior of the continent. This turned into an all out war known as the French and Indian War. Although the beginning of the war favored the French, the British eventually became successful in setting the French-American boundary well past the Appalachian Mountains. Along with the "Great Awakening," the French and Indian War would be another turning point in American history because the colonists now realized that they were capable of building an army. The war also unveiled future heroes such as George Washington. Most of all, it brought the colonies together in unity.
             Relations were now beginning to change between the colonies and England. The colonists "were beginning to regard themselves as Americans rather than Englishmen."
             The colonies were now on a much higher spiritual level than England. King George again realized that his prize possession was in danger of being lost. However, this time it was the colonists themselves that were the threat.
             To stop the growing rebellion in America, George III appointed a new prime minister George Grenville. Grenville decided to tighten England's control of the colonial settlement past the Appalachian Mountains. This would result in the "Proclamation of 1763" which canceled all the land grants given to the colonies in the past by other kings and parliaments. He also laid new taxes on the colonists that violated their rights because the colonists had no representatives in the English parliament. The "Stamp Act" and the "Quartering Act" were just a few of the burdens that Grenville laid on the colonists. William Pitt and Edmund Burke were two men in the English...