Factors that made the British Colonies in North America to revolt Option #1 Stacey R. Thomas HST201-US History I Colorado State University- Global Campus Dr. Joyce Ann Kievit August 23, 2015 Before the French and Indian War, a policy referred to as salutary neglect was followed by the British. This policy implied that the American, with minimal British government intervention, did as they wanted. There were some taxes that the Parliament had passed in the colonies prior to the French and Indian War, but there existed very negligent enforcement for such taxes (Cubbison, 2010). The French and Indian War was the conflict in the Northern American that begun in 1754 and ended with the 1763 Treaty of Paris. The Great Britain acquired massive territorial achievements in North America. As a result, after approximately 160 years of the policy of salutary neglect, the policy of the Great Britain was completely changed towards the 1763 colonies. The rules changes truly disappointed the colonists and there emerged disputes over the consequent frontline policy and war expenses payments and this resulted to colonial discontent, and eventually British Colonies Revolt (U.S Department of S