Ush Flashcards
Under Mercantilism and the navigation acts colonies were
Paid low prices from Britain for their raw materials
Why was the Boston massacre a significant event for the colonies on the road to revolution
It was an experience that colonists used as inspiration to rebel against Britain
The effect of the Boston tea party was the
Intolerable acts
Intolerable acts
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
During early colonial years Britain’s policy toward colonial trade was
Salutary neglect
Salutary neglect
to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws, imposed on the American colonies late in the seventeenth and early in the eighteenth centuries.