A Comparison Of The Seven-Year War Between England And France

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Prior to the Seven year war the England King encouraged expansion into the western country and the King tended to treat the colonist equally to those living in England. However the seven year war between England and France had been extremely expensive, and so to help with the cost of the war the British government started imposing taxes on the American colonists to help cover these expenses. With the French removed from America, the majority of the continent remained empty for Americans to expand. Nevertheless the English government decided differently. To encourage a controlled population movement, they delivered a Royal Proclamation that banned settlement west of the line drawn along the top of the Allegheny Mountains and to carry out that