A part of that agreement allowed Britain to gain vast, new territory west of the Appalachian Mountains. New land would bring new trade and opportunity for growth within the colonies. The colonies believed that this land would be enough to reward them for their troubles and debt the British owed them. To their disbelief, the British established the Proclamation Line of 1763. This proclamation line forbade settlement past the Appalachian Mountains in order to appease the rising tension among the Native Americans. These actions by the British were seen as acts of betrayal in the eyes of the …show more content…
This tax was enforced in order to aid in debt relief from the French and Indian war and affected all colonists, not just merchants. The tax touched all lives from the most influential people in the colonies such as lawyers, printers and ministers to the average colonists. With so many people being subjected to this tax, many began to disapprove British rule. In protest, colonists pointed out that the British government had the right to regulate colonial trade, though it could not legally enact taxes on the