1. Post French and Indian war and the wider 7 years’ war the British
coffers were drained due to the widescale long conflict. The
Proclamation of 1763 main goal was to prevent any conflict with the
native west of the Appalachian by limiting any westered expansion by
the colonies in to the Ohio river valley and wider northwest US. They
British wanted to prevent conflict because after the 7 years war the
British couldn’t afford to fund another conflict in the Americas directly
after therefore decided to pass the proclamation to prevent
encroachment on the native lands by the colonies in attempt to
prevent conflicts from breaking out so they didn’t have to fund
another military campaign and could pay off their existing debts.
2. The settlers in the colonies were upset with the proclamation for 2
main reasons, one was it limited their expansion and growth and
second was it being seen as an overreach of British rule.
The colonies were unhappy with the proclamation as it put limits on
the growing colonies and prevented them from expanding westward.
This placed limits of how much land they could utilize and therefore
limited the proliferation of many industries. The colonies saw the
territory the fought for in the war being held away from them and
given to t he native in the region. This was seen as unfair and
angered the settlers.
Secondly, this was seen as a form of authoritorial overreach by the
British. At the time the colonist enjoyed a century of almost complete
autonomy as the British practiced a policy of benign neglect in which
they loosey controlled the colonies, but they virtually had complete
self-ruling rights. After the proclamation the settlers were out raged as
after a century of autonomy the British attempted to assert hard limits
and regulations of the colonies with, they saw as a encroachment on
their rights to self-govern. This spark outrage and protests on what
was seen as and overreach of imperial control and a encroachment
on their rights.
3. The phrase “No taxation without representation” means that no taxes
should be levied without the party being taxed having a say in how
the taxes are to be levied. In this context, it refers to the taxes and
tariffs the Crown passed for the colonies in America after the French
and Indian war. The taxes were levied to relive some of the economic
pressures faced by the British after the long conflict and help fund the
government to pay of their debts. The colonist saw this as colonial
overreach and they Crown having not right to tax them as they had
complete autonomy for 100 years. The Phrase “No taxation without
representation” was commonly used amongst the colonist as a motto
or phrase of protest as the colonist had no seat, representation or
vote in the British parliament which levied the taxes. The phrase
argues that its unfair that the British levied taxes on the colonies
without them having a say in the decision and demands that either
the British repel the taxes or give the colonies representation in
parliament and a vote on how taxes are enacted on the colonies. No
taxation of the colonies without representation in parliament on how
they are taxed as it would be unfair and an injustice.