The French and Indian War set the stage for future events no one could have imagined. The economic practice of mercantilism, which ensured profit only for the mother country, was the accepted practice between England and its colonies. As long as these economic policies were adhered to, England left much of the day-to-day governance of the colonies to the colonies. It was this "saluting neglect" that ultimately led to the ideological differences between England and the colonies. England won the war, but paid a heavy price for that victory. England was bankrupt and as a result had no choice but to look to its colonies to regain financial stability. The fiscal pressures and naval restrictions imposed by the crown and Parliament were seen by the colonists as tyrannical acts. Although the colonies were on the path to Americanization, they held dear the lessons of the Magna Carta, the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. In their eyes, "the English had rights" under the laws of the mother country. It was only when these laws were usurped by the crown that the colonies had no choice but to protest their discontent. The political authority that England exercised over the colonies after many years of neglect led to the ideological differences that would ultimately lead to the American Revolution. British citizens were taxed heavily, and the French and Indian War had taxed the British heavily. They thought it was only fair that the colonists, on whom they had spent so much money and who were taxed lightly compared to other British citizens, should help pay. Please note that before this the English had allowed the colonists to tax themselves and had not enforced the increase in revenue......middle of paper......it was a fight between three nations, and until the end of the 18th century it was not at all certain which would win. The Indians, especially the five nations of the Iroquois, were exceptionally good at playing the French and English against each other to maximize their own advantages. The French and Indian War was a guerrilla war of small skirmishes and surprise attacks. The terrain was unfamiliar to either the French or the English; the involvement of Indian nations as allies in battle made a huge difference. In fact, some historians have speculated that the turning point in the war came when many Indian nations changed their war policies and turned their backs on the French. Faced with the greater resources of the English and without the advantage of their Indian allies, the French were left with little hope and soon lost the continent..