American-British Relations

The French and Indian War had a negative effect on American-British relations. After the Indians had wreaked havoc on the colonial establishments, the Colonists had had enough. They had been embarrassed an and defeated in many cases. In one case, the blankets infected with smallpox were distributed among the Indians. At another point, local authorities offered $50 for a woman's scalp and 130$ for a man's; this was an insanely large amount of money at that time. This also proved that the British were not invincible, and they made the colonists pay for that. Washington was humiliated by being demoted to the colonel, after the British decided that they would not recognize and American militia commander as being over the rank of captain.