History of Canada

History of Canada

American Revolution

King George III assumed the British throne in 1760, after his grandfather, George II, died. In 1764 George III approved the enforcement of a series of Navigation Acts (the first of which had been on the books since the mid-17th century), which restricted some colonial trade to dealing exclusively with the mother country and, in all other cases, ensured that the mother country would get a disproportionate share of trade profits. George III decided to use the acts as the basis for new taxes to help defray the costs of the recently ended French and Indian ...