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Mostly left the American colonies alone
Salutary Neglect
Colonist mad because they felt they had earned their right to the land
Proclamation act of 1763
Shutting down the port of Boston did not allow colonists to trade or function economically
Boston Tea Party
Punish Colonies for destruction of tea and encourage them to change their behavior
Parliament following Boston Tea Party
How did American colonies react to enforcement of intolerable acts
held first continental congress
first continental congress sending a list of grievances to king George the 3rd
How colonist responded to the 1774(intolerable) laws
Imposed limits on westward movement
Proclamation of 1763
Angered colonist who believed that their civil liberties had been violated
Stamp act
Quartering act
Sugar act
Parliament passed the stamp(tax) act of 1765>
colonist organized boycotts of British goods
American colonists were dissatisfied with the economic polices imposed by Great Britain following…
The French and Indian war
Mercantilism Policy created tension by…
preventing colonist from trading with most other foreign countries
The reason behind the sugar stamp(tax) Townshend acts>
recover the cost of defending the colonies
Colonist were opposed to…(laws)
colonial laws being created by only parliament