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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