At that time America was a British colony and according to the Salutary neglect, America was strictly enforced by the parliamentary laws which were meant to keep America obedient to England. According to the rule, they were forced <span>to pay a taxes on every piece of printed paper they used including legal documents, licenses, and many more.</span>
The British government ended its policy of salutary neglect, which was essentially a very hands-off way of governing the colonies, when it implemented and enforced taxation laws such as the Townshend and Stamp Acts.
The Third Seminole War (1855–58) resulted from renewed efforts to track down the Seminole remnant remaining in Florida. It caused little bloodshed and ended with the United States paying the most resistant band of refugees to go West