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Title: A short history of England and the British Empire
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Larson, Laurence Marcellus, 1868-1938
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Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Theproblem was how to find a form of organization or to createsome organ of authority that would bring all these possessionsinto proper relations with the home government, one thatwould be efficient and satisfactory, and that would not provetoo expensive. So far as history can determine, there was nostatesman or politician in England in the earlier years ofGeorge Ills reign who had the wisdom and the energy neces-sary to solve the problem. 442. Grenvilles American Policy. The Stamp Act.1Grenvilles policy grew out of a conviction that the old duelwith France would be resumed, that sooner or later the Frenchking would attempt to regain his lost possessions. It wastherefore necessary to strengthen the military forces in America,where France had lost the most, and if possible to win the oldTheProclama- allies of the French, the Indians, to the Englishtion Line. sj(je< ^ jme caned the Proclamation Line wasaccordingly run along the Allegheny watershed and settlement 1 Gardiner, 770-773.
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THE TOWNSHEND ACT 475 to the west of this line was forbidden. It seems not to havebeen Grenvilles plan to close the West permanently, — onlyuntil satisfactory arrangements could be made with the neigh-boring Indian tribes for a part of their land in return for compen-sation. It was also thought undesirable to plant settlementsvery far into the interior, as the distance and the mountainswould make protection difficult. The act that drew the Proclamation Line was unpopular inAmerica, but still more so was Grenvilles belief that the col-onies ought to share in.the expense of maintaining Colonialan army in the West. It was estimated in London defense-that twenty regiments would be necessary, for the frontier waslong and the settled area extensive. But just after an expensivewar this would occasion an outlay thatwould be keenly felt by the English tax-payers. It was therefore determined toforce the Americans to share in the expenseand the measure adopted was The Stamp Act.a tax on stampe

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