Even though the colonists experienced some mistreatment from the
Britishsoldiers which they would recall later (p. 58), they loved
William Pitt and lovedbeing a part of the British Empire. Because
of their aid to England during thiswar they expected greater
autonomy (independence). (p.60) Interestinglyenough it was in
trying to defeat the French during the French and Indian War
that the first seeds for colonial union were sown and they were
sown not by thecolonists themselves but by London. Benjamin
Franklins famous cartoon of thesnake was not for union during the
revolution, but union during the French andIndian War! (p. 55)
