Mercantilism

The period of The French and Indian War to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War from years 1754 to 1776 led to a relationship that drastically changed between the British and the colonists. Great Britain had sponsored the colonial defense system against the French and Huron Indians by sending British troops over to the colonial frontiers, but in response wanted the colonists to pay back the money that Great Britain used to support them during the French and Indian War. Economically, the Parliament of Great Britain imposed levy-raising taxes on the colonists despite their resistance, Politically parliament reasserted direct control over the colonies in defiance of colonial protests, Socially colonial liberties were restrained due
The conclusion of this event led to the end of Salutary Neglect, because Great Britain wanted to reasserted direct control over the colonies, and have them pay back for the massive debt they had acquired through the defense of the colonies during the war. This resulted in the process of Mercantilism in which Great Britain used to control the trade of the colonies, and exclusively made the colonists trade with the them, to enhance their economy after the immense amount of debt they had gained. They used acts and taxes to make the colonists pay back the debt Great Britain. The Quartering Act was an act installed by the Parliament of Great Britain to harbor British troops into Boston to have the colonists provide them with their homes to stay in, in as well as food and other basic necessities needed to survive. This event caused the colonists to venture to their local assemblies and protest about having British soldiers live in their homes, believing it was unconstitutional that they were being taxed without any formal representation. The colonists felt that they were being required to house and feed British troops without reimbursing the colonists. Another impactful act that Great Britain pressed on the colonists included the Tea Act, in which the Parliament of Great Britain gives the East India Tea Company the right to sell tea to the colonists at a bargain price. This act enraged the colonists, in which made them violently react through the Boston Tea Party. A cluster of men who publicly resisted British authority were called the Sons of Liberty, and consisted of leaders Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. The Sons of Liberty had constructed and engaged in a retaliation scheme against Great Britain’s Tea Act, through the Boston