Effects of French-Indian War on GBR and Colonist relations

The result of the French Indian War put tension on British and American relations. It also paved the way for the oncoming revolution. While the American soldiers felt they had done their part in fighting alongside their British counter parts, but the latter begged to differ. They found the colonists cowardly, and contemptible. As upper class folk, they laughed in scorn at those colonists who had "fled in confession of failure" (115).
Other events furthered tension between the two groups. British officials were not amused by the fact that Americans were still trading foodstuffs for other items with French West Indian islands. The reason for their anger was because they were trying to "subdue" these islands. In actual fact this trade kept some of these "hostile islands" (115) from starving. Near the close of the war the British for this reason forbade exports from leaving New England ports. Of course this upset trade and let to future conflicts with the crown.