Moving Towards Independance

Moving Towards Independence 1) The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War but not the issues that caused it: specifically, ownership of land. The only difference was the enemy that remained after the war ended. After the French had been removed from the picture, the British turned their attention to fighting the Indians for their lands. The Indians fought back, but faced almost certain defeat because of their limited supplies, manpower, and the general …

…that as English subjects they had to support the homeland. These Loyalists felt that they were devoted to their mother country completely. The singing of the Declaration of Independence would be the finality of devotion to Britain. This idea frightened those loyalists who found comfort from their mother country. When the colonies had to decide whether they wanted independence or opposed independence, they had to choose sides. There was no room to be “in between”.