The effects of the French and Indian War proved to the colonies as well as the world that the English were not invincible. With the French gaining ground in the New World, it was the Britain's responsibility to keep them from creeping into the English territories. This distraction allowed the colonists to start sneaking away from the close watch of the English crown. However, it was not all the English's doings that increased the length of the leash the English had on them. With the power of the colonies banding together they realised that the English no longer had as much control over them in the colonies. If the colonies were able to band together unlike they had ever before they knew they could defeat any power that was thrown at them, especially if it was on their homeland, which eventually lead to the Revolutionary War.