Following the French and Indian War, Britain wanted to control expansion into the western territories.
Explanation:
The King issued the Proclamation of 1763 prohibiting settlements beyond the Appalachian Mountains. ... They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War.
Britain went into debt after the Seven Years’ War. Parliament imposed new laws/legislatures including taxes on its colonies in America such as the Stamp Act so the colonists could help pay the debt they were in.
