. A history of the United States . ain,the one a strong and the other a weak power, but as the set-tlements of each were far distant from those of the other,they were not likely to interfere for some time. Thus theEnglish could expand in all directions, and the north, south,and west were without fear of any foe, except the scatteredIndian tribes, which were daily becoming less dreaded. Thecolonists had borne the greater part of the expenses of thewar, and felt its horrors most. Most of the money to carryit on had been voted by their own Assemblies, and their ownrepresentatives had laid the hea
. A history of the United States . ain,the one a strong and the other a weak power, but as the set-tlements of each were far distant from those of the other,they were not likely to interfere for some time. Thus theEnglish could expand in all directions, and the north, south,and west were without fear of any foe, except the scatteredIndian tribes, which were daily becoming less dreaded. Thecolonists had borne the greater part of the expenses of thewar, and felt its horrors most. Most of the money to carryit on had been voted by their own Assemblies, and their ownrepresentatives had laid the heavy taxes which were necessaryin order to raise the large sums needed. All the coloniesliad taken part in the struggl-e, and they had learned to lookupon the successes as largely their own. They had becomebetter acquainted with each other, and had also learned theirown strength. Through the absence of dangers, they wereled more and more to depend upon themselves, and to lookless and less for the aid of the mother country. Prominent. CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA, 1755-AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FRENCH AND L\DIAN WAR.
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