At the close of the Seven Years’War in 1763, London’s territories in North America nearly tripled to encompass virtually everything east of the Appalachian Mountains and large portions of eastern Canada. It was long-past time they paid for such protection. Whereas British colonial policy had long been lax, and what taxes were on the books were largely ignored or under-enforced, the new king was among those who came to see America as a rich landscape that benefited from British protection. King George III came to power in 1760, and unlike his predecessor, he immediately took an interest in Britain’s North American colonies. But the sudden expectation that the colonists owed taxes to a distant governing body was miscalculated by British officials, and the seeds of discontent were planted, and a road to revolution had suddenly emerged. Parliament decided to enact new taxes on the colonies in order to bring in the needed revenue. Following the expensive Seven Years’ War (French & Indian War), the British Crown was heavily in debt. Ten years before the North American colonies were in full rebellion against Great Britain, several decisions made by the British Parliament unknowingly chipped the first cracks in the relationship between the Mother Country and Her Subjects in America.
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