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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. -
hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
a series of British parliamentary laws requiring American colonists to provide housing, food, and other necessities for British troops stationed in the colonies, though not forcing private homes for billeting troops under the 1765 act
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a 1765 British tax that required colonists to purchase specially stamped paper for legal documents, newspapers, and other printed materials, including playing cards and dice -
a 1767 series of British laws imposing duties on goods like tea, glass, paper, and paint imported into the American colonies to raise revenue and assert Parliamentary authority after the repeal of the Stamp Act