Editing Thirteen Colonies (section)

===Growing dissent===
The British were left with large debts following the French and Indian War, so British leaders decided to increase taxation and control of the Thirteen Colonies.{{Sfnp|Taylor|2016|pages=51–53}} They imposed several new taxes, beginning with the [[Sugar Act 1764]]. Later acts included the [[Currency Act 1764]], the [[Stamp Act 1765]], and the [[Townshend Acts]] of 1767.{{Sfnp|Taylor|2016|pages=94–96, 107}} [[Early American publishers and printers|Colonial newspapers and printers]] in particular took strong exception against the Stamp Act which imposed a tax on newspapers and official documents, and played a central role in disseminating literature among the colonists against such taxes and the idea of taxation without colonial representation.<ref>[[#morgan195|Morgan, 1953]], pp. 187–188</ref>

The [[Royal Proclamation of 1763]] restricted settlement west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]], as this was designated an [[Indian Reserve (1763)|Indian Reserve]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Calloway |first=Colin G. |title=The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America |date=2006 |pages=92–98}}</ref> Some groups of settlers disregarded the proclamation, however, and continued to move west and establish farms.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rorabaugh |first1=W. J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhPAwAEACAAJ |title=America's promise : a concise history of the United States |last2=Critchlow |first2=Donald T. |last3=Baker |first3=Paula C. |date=2004 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=0-7425-1189-8 |location=Lanham, Maryland |page=92 |oclc=52714651}}W. J. Rorabaugh, Donald T. Critchlow, Paula C. Baker (2004). "''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VL_6X5zWOokC&pg=PA92 America's promise: a concise history of the United States]''". Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. {{ISBN|0-7425-1189-8}}</ref> The proclamation was modified and was no longer a hindrance to settlement, but the fact angered the colonists that it had been promulgated without their prior consultation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Holton |first=Woody |year=1994 |title=The Ohio Indians and the coming of the American Revolution in Virginia |journal=Journal of Southern History |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=453–478 |doi=10.2307/2210989 |jstor=2210989}}</ref>