American colonists also objected to the Quartering Act (1765) that forced them to provide housing and food for British troops.
Even though they objected this act they still ended up feeding and housing the British troops in their own homes.
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Basically, the Spanish had arrived and said, “This is our land, obey us” while the British said, “This is our land, go somewhere else.”
The Spanish wanted the land they arrived on to be all theirs, and they wanted the Indians to act a their slaves even though they had the land first. While the British simply wanted the Indians to move elsewhere they could have their own area.
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The settlement may have been overrun by local Indians, but it is also possible that the abandoned colonists went to live with the natives when their food ran out
When The English settlement disappeared the Indians took over. Although the English disappeared it's possible they went to live with the Indians so they could survive.
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The Hapsburg family continued to try to maintain an entity they called the “Holy Roman Empire” but it was really an alliance of German principalities
Instead of coming up with their own principles they used German ones and came up with a new name.
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