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THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE COLONIAL CRISIS

1754–1775 [[LP Photo: P06.01 Detail of the Bloody Massacre Perpetuated in King Street, Boston, on March 5, 1770-UTAP ONLY CO/ROA_704115_06_P01.JPEG]]

> What were the most significant factors in deteriorating relations between Britain and its North American colonies? Chapter 6 explores the efforts of the British government to tax and control the colonies in the aftermath of the Seven Years’ War and traces the escalating colonial responses to these efforts, from political protest to open resistance and—ultimately—to war.