Popula nterprises: BRITAIN'S THIRTEE
COLONIES After the Seven Years' War
uisness or
enco
company (1756-1763) ended, Great Britain and France were both motivated resuting in
to make their empires self-paying enterprises. Although in both
countries there were calls for fiscal reforms at home, the impetus make and attested cop
exemplifie
clergy:
to revolution in the British colonies of North America can be seen
of a docume
a group of in the increasing number of taxes, best exemplified by the Stamp
dained for? Act. The Third Estate in France, that is, the great majority of the
aristocrats:
a member of
religious population that did not have the status of aristocrats or high thearistocrats
duties
Roman Catholic clergy, also felt the crunch of increasing taxes
prop
and dues. This oppression propelled them to seek greater
cause to
in a part
representation in government. The free inhabitants of the French
dir
colony of Saint Domingue (later, Haiti) also sought a more
sought;
equitable balance between taxes and representation, as did the past and past
creoles, that is, people of Spanish heritage born in the Americas,
participle of
seek
in Spain's empire.