Conflict: After The French And Indian War

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After the French and Indian War, conflict started between the British and the colonist. While the war was going on the British decided they would come up with some new policies that they wanted the colonist to follow. After the war ended the colonist were not hesitate to state the calm. They refused to pay their taxes.”…the most serious of which was the lax enforcement of royal polices in the colonies, the principle labeled ‘salutary neglect’.” Salutary neglect from the colonist was them not wanting to pay there taxes. The British were some what confused and concerned onto why the would not pay there taxes. When Britain realized that they needed the money from the taxes fast they come up with an idea that if you were not paying your taxes

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