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American Revolution

  • Salutary neglect

    Salutary neglect

    "hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    British parliamentary law that imposed a tax on all printed materials in the American colonies, including newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, and playing cards
  • French-Indian War

    French-Indian War

    aka the 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.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    British parliamentary measures, particularly the Act of 1765 and the 1774 revision, that required American colonial governments to provide housing, supplies, and transportation for British soldiers stationed in the colonies