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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. -
"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 was a tax imposed upon the colonies, in which all paper goods had to have a officail stamp -
British soldiers opened fire and killed five unarmed colonists in a street fight. Paul Rivere created a drawing of the incident, and it stirred the pot. -
Britain forced colonists to quarter, or house, British soldiers in their homes.