Why would the british be concerned over military defense of their colonies?

they had acquired large amount of land from the spanish.
their territory stretched to the mississippi river.
the colonists were beginning to show discontent.
the french had forts scattered throughout british lands.

:) during the cold war, people were afraid of communists, both outside and inside the united states. the red scare and mccarthyism that grew out of these fears were damaging to the american way of life. during the mccarthy years, many of the freedoms guaranteed in the bill of rights were limited. write a paragraph explaining what lessons can be learned from the mccarthy era about what u. s. citizens need to protect in order to preserve the democratic political system and the american way of life.