In the American colonies these Acts were not only dealt with in terms of economic disadvantage but increasingly in terms of right, the focal point being the question whether Parliament had the right to tax the colonies. After the last French and Indian War(1754-63) the British gained Canada and the Missisippi area as new territories. The war was won but the costs had been huge, and would remain high due to the need to protect the colonies against other (western or native) enemies. ... Added to this was a general post-war depression and the enactment of another act prohibiting the use of pape...

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In the American colonies these Acts were not only dealt with in terms of economic disadvantage but increasingly in terms of right, the focal point being the question whether Parliament had the right to tax the colonies. After the last French and Indian war (1754-1763) the British gained Canada and the Mississippi area as new territories. The war was won but the costs had been huge, and would remain high due to the need to protect the colonies against other enemies. But even more dangerous to the empire was the fact that Anglo-American strategic and economic interdependence were disrupted and...

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The revolution began because the results of the French and Indian War stroke Britain economy hard as the national debt doubled because of how expensive the war turned out to be. ... Because it did not really raise the price on tea, the principle behind this act was being questioned by colonists. ... ", said everything that could be done to avoid war was already tried, but the war was unavoidable and had already begun. ...

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