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Brian McGrathMr. Miller quicken US History I25 February 2014In the early vox of the 18th century, the British government implemented salutary neglect toward its colonies with curb engagement in economic and political affairs. From across the Atlantic, Britain enacted protocols such the sailplaning 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 attitude toward the British the British held the colonists on a long leash and reaped the benefits of the fertile and plentiful 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 between striking Britain and its American colonies. When the British saw the necessity for imperial control, colonists were repu lsed by the unannounced disrespect they received. The aftermath of the war revealed British politi...