HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: First Continental Congress, Intolerable Acts, Navigation Acts
28 Sep 2017
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Origins lie in the mercantilist policies of european states in the early to mid-part of the 18th century. North america saw waves of european settlement france, britain and spain claim the continent at the expense of indigenous inhabitants. By mid 18th century, britain and france dominated eastern portion of continent. France and britain fought all over the world (india, caribbean, north america) between 1756 and 1763. Britain"s victory set the motion of events that ended with the american declaration of independence in. Britain now had more territories to defend. During the war, settlers from the 13 american colonies had used the opportunity to push boundaries further upwards. With new territories, british parliament thought it was reasonable that american colonies contribute to the costs of their own defense: imposed new taxes and import duties. Due to prevailing mercantilist policies (known as navigation acts) the british government regulated and limited its colonies trade to itself and british colonies.
