Question

The French and Indian War, which ended in 1763, greatly affected the American colonists because it ______________________.

• A. removed the French threat against the colonists.
• B. resulted in the expansion of the colonies east of the Appalachian Mountains.
• C. marked the beginning of the British policy of salutary neglect in the colonies.
• D. removed the Indian threat from the frontier settlements.
• E. marked the end of mercantilism.

Answer 1

The correct option is A removed the French threat against the colonists.

The French and Indian War, which ended in 1763, greatly affected the American colonists because it removed the French threat against the colonists. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American revolution.