Chapter 7
Mercantilism the belief that wealth is power and measured by bullion Navigation Laws laws that restricted commerce to the bounds of the British empire salutary neglect the beneficial relaxed enforcement of the Navigation Laws John Hancock The ?King of Smugglers,? who became wealthy via smuggling George Grenville The Prime Minister, who called for the enforcement of the Navigation Laws and enacted a sugar duty. Sugar Act (1764) A high duty on sugar imported from the West Indies. Quartering Act (1765) Required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops Stamp Act (1765) Tax requiring use of stamps on commercial and legal documents virtual representation