Changes

George III openly controlled Parliament, bribing men to do anything he wanted by placing them in positions of power.  This significantly altered the face of Parliament, and the majority became much less sympathetic to the colonies.  The ruling sentiment was that the colonies should be obliged to pay for their own expenses, rather than depending on the mother county (England).

George III openly controlled Parliament, bribing men to do anything he wanted by placing them in positions of power.  This significantly altered the face of Parliament, and the majority became much less sympathetic to the colonies.  The ruling sentiment was that the colonies should be obliged to pay for their own expenses, rather than depending on the mother county (England).

This war with France left Britain deeply in debt, and tired of fighting.  A new prime minister, George Grenville, came into power in 1763.  The citizens of England were already being heavily taxed, so guess where Grenville looked to raise money to pay the bills: the colonies.

This war with France left Britain deeply in debt, and tired of fighting.  A new prime minister, George Grenville, came into power in 1763.  The citizens of England were already being heavily taxed, so guess where Grenville looked to raise money to pay off the debt from the war: the colonies.

England felt that the colonists hadn't paid their fair share of the war expenses.  To keep from spending any more money, England was eager to make peace with the Indians and stop fighting.  England passed the Proclamation Act of 1763, forbidding colonists from settling west of Appalachians and forcing them to stop buying land from Indians.  The Proclamation Act ordered, "that no governor or Commander in chief of our other colonies of plantations in America, do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be know, to grant warrant of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads of sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or north west ...."

England felt that the colonists had not paid their fair share of the war expenses.  To keep from spending any more money, England was eager to make peace with the Indians and stop fighting.  England passed the Proclamation Act of 1763, forbidding colonists from settling west of Appalachians and forcing them to stop buying land from Indians.  The Proclamation Act ordered, "that no governor or Commander in chief of our other colonies of plantations in America, do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be know, to grant warrant of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads of sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or north west ...."

The logic behind the Proclamation Act was that as long as the colonists stayed in the colonies and had nothing to do with Indians, there should be peace.  Little did the British know that peace would not last for long in the colonies, and that when war did break out again, it would be the American Revolution by the colonies against Britain and the King.

The logic behind the Proclamation Act was that as long as the colonists stayed in the colonies and had nothing to do with Indians, there should be peace.  Little did the British know that peace would not last for long in the colonies, and that when war did break out again, it would be the American Revolution by the colonies against Britain and her King.

==Tension Grows==

==Tension Grows==