During the time period between the 17th and mid 18th centuries, there had been little British intervention in the American colonies. ... By 1763, however, the British sights were once again set on the colonies, and they began to intervene as they should have early on in the development of their colonies. ... England felt that the Americans should pay one-third of the cost to keep a small British army for self defense, so England's Prime Minister Grenville began to earn the money from the colonies in a series of acts, earning him the resentment of the colonies. In 1763, he immediately ...

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He gained much of his reputation and respect by his actions in the Parsons Case of 1763, which permitted Anglican Clergy to be paid in currency rather than tobacco which was the commodity mandated by the British Government. ... His resolve was that only Colonial legislators could pass taxation laws and acts upon the colonies. This resolution forced other colonies to think hard about their stance towards the British government and opinions of it. ... At the Virginian Convention in 1775 he was able to successfully promote and initiate measures for an armed resistance to the British imposition on...

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