owers of Parliament over the colonies. Even though the majority of laws which the crown had passed had never really been enforced, Great Britain tried to hit them hard with new restrictions, taxes and duties, laws (such as the writs of assistance), and acts that were like a "slap in the face." Acts that interfered with colonial prosperity include things such as the Currency Act, Sugar and Stamp Acts, Declaratory Act, Townshend Duty Act, and the Intolerable Acts led Americans to first react with confusion, then shock, and eventually anger like that of resistant children. But sometimes the lack of enforcement of these acts put no strain on the relationship between the colonists and England. The colonists traded with other nations by working around the rules by bribing their way out of the restrictions of the acts. But they were considered Britain to be a threat to their natural "well-being." This statement could be concluded from and supported by examples like that of the "Stamp Act Congress" and the First Continental Congress.
             Another unfortunate effect of the French and Indian War was a huge, fat war debt (approximately 130 million pounds). King George III appointed ministers to develop plans to lighten the debt. As a result, the ministers in England encouraged tighter enforcement of the customs laws and control of the colonies.
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