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American Revolution

  • Salutary neglect

    Salutary neglect

    "hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves.
  • French-Indian War (1756-1763)

    French-Indian War (1756-1763)

    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.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    a British tax on the American colonies that required a stamp to be purchased and affixed to various paper goods, including legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards, to show the tax was paid
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    a series of British laws passed in the 18th century that required American colonies to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    a 1767 series of British laws that imposed import duties on American colonies for goods like glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea, aiming to raise revenue and increase British control following the French and Indian War
  • Mercantilism

    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.