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Britain's unofficial 18th century policy of loosely enforcing laws in its American colonies, allowing them self-governance and economic freedom
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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. -
Mercantilism was the economic system in Western Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. Based on the principle that a nation's power is directly linked to its wealth. -
Passed by British Parliament on March 22, 1765, the Stamp Act was a direct tax on the American colonies to fund defense, requiring, for the first time, all legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and dice to bear a royal stamp