After defeating the French in North America in 1763, what two major problems did the British face with respect to the American colonies?

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What will be an ideal response?

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First, the possibility of armed conflict between colonists and Native Americans threatened to bankrupt the British government, which was already heavily in debt from European and colonial wars. Britain simply could not afford to defend the American colonies as adequately as the colonists demanded, if they continued to settle Amerindian land and provoke wars. In response, Britain passed the Proclamation of 1763, which was supposed to prohibit colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains into Indian territory. The act was flouted quite openly by colonists, who viewed it as a repressive measure. The second major problem directly addressed financial matters specifically how to get the colonists to pay more of the expenses of governing and protecting them. Students should identify several of the many taxes imposed on colonists toward this end, including the Sugar and Currency Acts of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, and the Townsend duties in 1767. The result of those acts was the strengthening of colonial resolve, the unification of the formerly fragmented colonies in their common protest against perceived British oppression, and ultimately rebellion and revolution.