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

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.