With the vital assistance of Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt established the first comprehensive national conservation policy. They believed in the preservation of the National Forests, and that nature existed to benefit mankind.
In 1763, the British government emerged from the Seven Years' War burdened by heavy debts. ... The result was that the British Parliament passed the 1764 Currency Act which forbade the colonies from issuing paper currency. This made it even more difficult for colonists to pay their debts and taxes.