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American Revolution

  • Salutary neglect (1603- 1763)

    Salutary neglect (1603- 1763)

    "hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves.
  • French-Indian War (1756-1763)

    French-Indian War (1756-1763)

    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 side of France. Because of the war, England had a massive war debt began to tax the people in the 13 colonies.
  • Mercantilism

    Mercantilism

    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.
  • Stamp Act 1765

    Stamp Act 1765

    A tax passed by the British on the colonists to pay on any type of paper good
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Taxes on glasses, lead, paper, paint, and tea.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    British law that required American colonists to house and supply British troops