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The British and colonists triumphed jointly over a common foe.  The colonists' loyalty to Britain grew stronger.  However, trouble was forming. With France gone, the Americans no longer needed the protection of the British. The British paid for an expensive war and decided their rich colonies should pay part of the cost through taxes.  They did not consult Americans on the matter, and this led to increasingly strong protests and finally the [[American Revolution]] in 1775. The British furthermore felt colonists' poor discipline made them inferior soldiers and thus had an exaggerated view of the power of the British army  to compel the Americans to obey London.  

The British and colonists triumphed jointly over a common foe.  The colonists' loyalty to Britain grew stronger.  However, trouble was forming. With France gone, the Americans no longer needed the protection of the British. The British paid for an expensive war and decided their rich colonies should pay part of the cost through taxes.  They did not consult Americans on the matter, and this led to increasingly strong protests and finally the [[American Revolution]] in 1775. The British furthermore felt colonists' poor discipline made them inferior soldiers and thus had an exaggerated view of the power of the British army  to compel the Americans to obey London.  

===Memory===

===Memory===

[[Image:1755reenact.jpg|thumb|340px|modern reenactment]] In his great novel ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1826), [[James Fenimore Cooper]] used a historical setting and relied heavily on historical documents. Cooper's fiction strayed little from his sources on historical incidents in 1757 during the French and Indian War. He did invent some contextual features. Cooper resorted to artistic judgments when his sources were inadequate, but his porytrayals were highly realistic.<ref> Ian K. Steele, "Cooper and Clio: The Sources for 'A Narrative Of 1757.'"  ''Canadian Review Of American Studies'' 1989 20(3): 121-135. </ref>

[[Image:1755reenact.jpg|thumb|340px|modern reenactment]]  

 

In his great novel ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1826), [[James Fenimore Cooper]] used a historical setting and relied heavily on historical documents. Cooper's fiction strayed little from his sources on historical incidents in 1757 during the French and Indian War. He did invent some contextual features. Cooper resorted to artistic judgments when his sources were inadequate, but his porytrayals were highly realistic.<ref> Ian K. Steele, "Cooper and Clio: The Sources for 'A Narrative Of 1757.'"  ''Canadian Review Of American Studies'' 1989 20(3): 121-135. </ref>

 

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCESubjects&Params=A1''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (2008)] good short articles  

* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCESubjects&Params=A1''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (2008)] good short articles