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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. -
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. -
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. -
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a British law requiring American colonists to pay a tax on most paper goods—such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards—represented by an official government stamp -
a deadly riot on King Street in Boston where British soldiers fired into an angry mob of American colonists, killing five -
a political protest by American colonists against British "taxation without representation" -
British laws requiring American colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British soldiers stationed in the colonies