Х Seven Years' War -Source: Colonel William Eyre, as printed in The First Global War: Britain, France, and the Fate of North America, 1756-1775, 1764 The ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from a larger debate over British Parliament's decision to: Choose 1 tax British-made goods, making them more expensive for the colonists. B declare war on the French over territorial boundaries. force neighboring indigenous nations to convert to Christianity. D limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains. .