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"Hands-off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
aka 7 Years' War between France and England. In the colonies, it was called the French Indian War because the colonists fought with British soldiers against France the Indians, who were on the side of France. Because of the war, England had a massive war debt began to tax the people in the 13 colonies. -
Beginning in 1763 economic policy England followed when it came to the 13 colonies. England saw the colonies as a market for English goods wanted to get money (taxes) natural resources from the colonies. -
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first direct tax forced by the British Parliament on the American colonies. -
The Quartering Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1765 and 1774 that required American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers. -
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament between 1767 and 1768 designed to raise revenue, tighten control, and reassert authority over the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre, which took place on the night of March 5, 1770, was a deadly confrontation on King Street between British soldiers and a crowd of colonists. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest(dumping tea into the water) that occurred on the night of December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.