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Brian McGrathMr. millerAccelerated US History I25 February 2014In the premature part of the 18th century, the British government implemented salutary vault toward its colonies with limited engagement in economic and political affairs. From across the Atlantic, Britain enacted protocols such the Navigation Laws and the Molasses Act, but enforcement of such trade regulation was minimal. The colonists and British existed in symbiosis. The colonists benefited from a relationship without great limitations and displayed a friendly and appreciative military strength toward the British the British held the colonists on a long leash and reaped the benefits of the deep and productive land offered by the New World. However, the French and Indian war drastically altered this mother-daughter relationship, significantly changing the ideological, political, and economic association betwixt Great Britain and its American colonies. When the British saw the necessity for imperial control, colo nists were repulsed by the unexpected disrespect they received. The aftermath of the war revealed British politi...