Why did the British have problems after the French and Indian War?

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The result of the French and Indian war was the England's "Royal Proclamation of 1763", which forbid the colonists from settling in the Ohio Valley, for which they had fought on the side of England, against the French and Indians. The proclamation created a boundary line between the British colonies on the Atlantic coast and American Indian lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. England's intention was to provide a boundary between the Indians and the colonists in the interest of peace. However, colonists resented that England made the unilateral decision that affected the colonists' rights to lands for which they fought. Further, any colonist who had already settled there had to leave. Some colonists had investments in land speculation there, and fur trading rights. Another aspect of colonial fear and unrest was that the inability to travel west to expand to new lands would create future crowded living; they would be no better off than they were in England, in that respect. As you can imagine, this went over with the colonists like a lead balloon. It was definitely a thorn in the breeches of the colonists, who were already unhappy with the motherland. Most historians agree that this was a major step toward the American Revolution. England then also placed taxes on the colonists to pay for the French and Indian war, which to them was another insult to their rights to have a voice in their government, and was yet another step closer to separation from Great Britain. See: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/rel... Also: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.... For another point of view, see: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1209.h... Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Procl... "American Nation" - Carnes, Garrity http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/rel... http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1209.h... http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry....

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