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            Economic Relationships

              Great Britain had strict control over the trade.
              -Told them that the colonies can only trade with England.
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              Colonies traded raw materials for good with Great Britain.
              - Colonies sent over cotton and England would send back clothing.
              - Colonies had to pay for these materials.
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              Great Britain taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War.
              - Sugar Tax of 1764
              - Stamp Act of 1765
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            Political Relationships

            Colonists had to obey British rules which were monitored and enforced by the Colonial Governors.
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            Governors were appointed by the King or the proprietor and the colonists resented their power.
            - Governors were like "tattletales" for the colonies.
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            Colonial Legislatures made laws for the colonies but they were approved and monitored by the Colonial Governors.