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Its either The chesapeake colonies New England colonies mid atlantic colonies southern colonies HELP WHICH ONE?
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they relied heavily on shipping.
Timber, Fishing, and Whaling
The British view that the colonies were to be used and exploited
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war.
They have the Appalachian Mountains which were heavily wooded and provided an excellent source of lumber.
Navigation Acts- mercantilism favored England at the colony's expense (colonies were forced to give raw materials to England only ,trade with England only, and only buy English products), and colonies were often heavily taxed for goods as well
because they were in debt from the war and needed money, so they taxed the colonists.
This term means the lack of British influence over the control of local matters in the colonies. The king did not legislate much, and the colonies supported England. This led the colonies to create local governments and run the colonies in the way they saw fit. This lasted until the Seven years war when England realized what they had, and started to tax the colonists heavily.
The justification for taxation on the 13 colonies was to pay back England for fighting the French and Indian War. Colonists were not opposed to being taxed, but they were opposed to the manner in which it was done and the items that taxes were imposed on.