Salutary neglect
The British taxed on paper,glass, ext.
Salutary neglect
Britain only needed slaves to work plantations in the British colonies. They were not used in Britain itself. Britain abolished slavery well before American did.
They opposed the Revolution. (Loyalists were loyal to Britain.)
The Atlantic Ocean separates Great Britain from America and the thirteen British colonies
British policy enforced onto American colonies. These acts allowed British troops to take shelter and supplies from the colonists.
Britain was, at the time, ruling America. Their king was the king of the American colonies, and Britain's Parliament made decisions about the colonies. Britain was what the Americans were rebelling against. The American colonists, tired of British rule, rose up and won the American Revolution, shaking off Britain's main hold of the new continent.
The British taxed on paper,glass, ext.
forced colonies to harbor british soldiers
The American colonists were seeking independence from Great Britain. In order to have that independence, the American Revolutionary War was fought.
At the time of the American Revolutionary War, the 13 original British/American colonies were fairly prosperous. The American colonies had provided Great Britain with a strong foothold in North America below its possession of British Canada. The American colonies, if not overtaxed and basically taken for granted by Great Britain, might have made the British Empire even stronger than it already was. There is nothing that would have prevented Great Britain from remaining to this day the most powerful nation in the world. This is of course subject to debate.
Salutary neglect
Salutary neglect
There were several factors that all worked together to draw Britain's attention to the American colonies. The first factor was France and Spain's withdraw from the American colonies, leaving Britain as the only control. The thirteen colonies between South Carolina and Main had also grown in trade and economy. The colonies had also developed urban centers and large populations, this meant that the colonies had a strong economy and society independent from the British government which drew Britain's attention.
Britain only needed slaves to work plantations in the British colonies. They were not used in Britain itself. Britain abolished slavery well before American did.
They opposed the Revolution. (Loyalists were loyal to Britain.)
British colonies had more people, but French colonies held more land.