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British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
French Indian war was caused because of a conflict between Great Britain and France over control of North American territory. -
England saw the colonies as a market for English goods wanted to get money natural resources from the colonies. -
Stamp Act was a British tax on the American colonies that required a tax stamp on documents, playing cards, and more paper goods to pay for British troops after the French Indian War. -
Quartering Act required American colonies to provide a place to stay and supplies for British troops. -
The British parliamentary townshend act was named after, Charles Townshend, which imposed taxes on colonial imports of goods like, lead, paper, tea etc. -
The Boston Massacre was a deadly day, when British soldiers fired shots into a crowd of angry colonists, killing five people and wounding others.