The British governed with little supervision of the American colonies before 1760.Britain's harsh tax and trade policies of the 1760s fanned resentment in the colonies.
In 1760, the southern colonies were governed by royal governors appointed by the British Crown. The legislative bodies in these colonies, such as the House of Burgesses in Virginia and the General Assembly in South Carolina, had some power to create and pass local laws, but ultimately the governors had significant authority and control over colonial affairs.
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Raising the colonies taxes.
It depended on the colony. Several of the colonies such as Virginia and Massachusetts, had elected representatives and were virtually self-governing. Others, such as the southern colonies were still governed by royal appointees.
Around that time the Imperial Crisis was going on. Imagine the regulation National-Socialist Germany (the third reich) had on their people, or the Soviet Union had on theirs.
All of the above were atempted.
In the 1760's, half of the two million people living in British Colonies lived on the Atlantic Coast. They lived east of the Appalachians.
Tobacco, from the American colonies. Gold, silver, spices and slaves from most of the other ones in Africa and India.
George I (1714-1727) and George II (1727-1760) were British monarchs before 1800.
The US was not a country in 1760 and thus had no states. At that time, the US was still a British colony and composed of 13 colonies (which also became the first 13 states of the US).
its assumption that its authority had already been established