After the french and indian war, why did the british try to prevent american colonists from going west? *
a. the british didn't want the colonists to own the land west of the appalachian mountains.
b. the british didn't want the colonists to mine for gold west of the appalachian mountains.
c. the british thought it would be too challenging to regulate trade and taxes.
d. the british army thought it would be too challenging to fight across the appalachian mountains.

Even though they fought hard to gain new land during the French and Indian War, the British tried to prevent American colonists from settling in it. It was already hard for them to govern the colonies from overseas. The British believed that if Americans moved west over the mountains, it would be too challenging to regulate trade and taxes, and that their resources would be spread too thin.

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