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aka the 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 the 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 the first act that was on all paper items -
a series of British laws passed in 1767, named for Chancellor Charles Townshend, that imposed taxes (duties) on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported into the American colonies to raise revenue for Britain and assert Parliament's authority -
It marked the moment when the British soldiers killed 5 unarmed American civilians -
British laws required American colonists to house and supply British soldiers -
Beginning in 1763, England's economic policy toward the 13 colonies was to see the colonies as a market for English goods wanted to get money (taxes) natural resources from the colonies.