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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 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 -
laws that were passed by the British Parliament in 1765 and 1774 that required American colonists to provide housing for British soldiers -
The first direct tax imposed by the British Parliament on the American colonies. It required printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London, which had a stamp. -
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 -
Laws that imposed indirect taxes on imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to raise revenue/money and assert British authority over the American colonies -
British soldiers opened fire and killed 5 unarmed Americans in a street fight. Paul Revere made a drawing about it he called it the "Bloody Massacre". -
dumping 342 chests of British tea into the harbor to protest "taxation without representation" and the Tea Act.