The Treaty of Paris, which marked the end of the French and Indian War, granted Britain a great deal of valuable land. But new land also gave rise to many problems. Despite the large amounts of land acquired the British discouraged Americans colonist from settling in it. The British already had a difficulty administering the areas on the east coast and if Americans moved west it would thin out administrative resources. The solution seemed simple; the Royal proclamation of 1763 was issued which declared the boundaries of settlement. This seemed simple to the British but was not acceptable by the colonies. The colonies had already begun to set their sights on expanding to the west. The Proclamation of 1763 only became part of the long list of events that would lead to the declaration of independence. Another dilemma that Britain faced was a great amount of debt, just as soon as the treaty of Paris was signed, King George III was already thinking of ways to reduce the national debt caused by the prolonged world war. In 1763 the British living in Britain pay way more taxes than the American colonists. The British government would make efforts to force colonist to pay their share of the financial burden but as result It will set a chain of events that would lead to the American declaration of independence. In an effort to create revenue, England enforced mercantilism to enforce illegal trading of goods. The new chief minister George Greenville, ordered colonial officials to tighten enforcement mercantilism by dispatching warships to capture American smugglers. Britain believed that international power depended on a nations wealth and self self-sufficient. The belief was that the economy should stay within the country and that they should only but British goods. This also required the colonies to enrich Britain by providing the raw materials for goods to be manufactured in Britain and the sold back to the colonies. The enforcement of mercantilism was not enough and the British government needed more revenue so they created the American Revenue Act of 1764 also called the sugar act. The government believed that this tax would help pay for the necessary expenses of defending, and securing the colonies and plantations. This tax was passed as intend to regulate trade but it’s true design was an example of parliament being able to raise the colonist tax without their consent. Colonist argued that the British could only be taxed by their elected representative in parliament. But because colonist had no elected representative, parliament had no right to tax them. The sugar Act was a flaw, it didn’t create additional revenue instead it was more expensive to maintain. Parliament needed a way to get revenue from the colonies and therefore passed a more proactive tax. In 1765 the British parliament passed the stamp act. This tax imposed a revenue by forcing colonist to purchase a stamp this stamp was required to be affixed to every form of printed material including: newspapers, pamphlets, bonds, leases, diplomas, and even playing cards. This tax affected every co