After the French repeatedly came into conflicts with the British in the Ohio River Valley, Britain finally declared war on France in 1754. These two nations fought out their disputes over land and trading, and soon the war came to an end when the Treaty of Paris of 1763 was put into place. This treaty ultimately kicked the French out of North America and gave supremacy to the British. But, all of the years of fighting racked up debts that had to be payed off, so Britain started placing taxes such as the Stamp Act on the colonists to compensate. The colonists became agitated when Britain ended salutary neglect, and began the idea of virtual representation. After the Pontiac’s rebellion in 1763, Great Britain established the Proclamation of
