controlling the colonies. After all, The colonies were the possession of the British, and.
were entitled to them. Yet the colonists had a different view. By this time, they felt they.
had no or very little connection with the original Mother Country. If the British had paid.
more attention to the colonists, maybe they would feel a tie to the country, but because.
the British had neglected them, that tie was cut. The colonists were angry. Why did the.
British think they had the right to interfere with their affairs when they had neglected them.
for so long, letting them develop their own way of life, government, economy, and trade?.
Great Britain had left them a long time ago, and the colonists were angered that they.
began to take control when they no longer needed them. .
The British tried to show their first show of authority by establishing the.
Proclamation of 1763. It prohibited settlement in the area beyond the Appalachian.
mountains, pending further adjustments. This drawn document was not designed to.
oppress the colonials, but to work out the Indian problems fairly and prevent a repetition.
of something similar to the uprising of the Pontiac's. The colonists, however, took this as.
a way the English were controlling them and making them subservient to English.
authority, so they defied this proclamation and clogged the westward trails. The colonists.
had the perception that Britain was trying to starve them and prevent them from growing.
economically. .
After the French and Indian war, the British government was in dept. To help pay.
for the cost of the army they had sent to the colonies, Great Britain began to tax the.
colonies. The colonists had not wanted the British to fight for the empire, the British had.
done that on their own. It was not their war for empire, why should they be obliged to pay.
for Great Britain's war against their own enemy? Once again, the concept of salutary.
neglect comes to mind. If Great Britain had realized the significance of the colonies earlier,.