... in spite of adopting two very contrasting approaches. Primarily, a policy of distinct commercial self-interest between 1714-1740 representative of Walpolian government, through the means of mercantile trade i.e. Molasses Act 1733, heavily neglected political responsibilities. Non-enforcement of trade taxes such as the Navigation Acts, contributed to the rise of the colonial assemblies who in turn built upon their own ... without means of enforcing this policy, Britain had produced a weak strategy and one that was increasingly obsolescent by the 1750s. During the 1740s, smuggling by coloni...

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