chapter 4

What were some of the reasons for the Revolutionary War?

-a desire to avoid high taxes -British efforts to regulate colonial trade -the fear that Britain might abolish slavery in the future

Merchantilism

A political and economic policy enabling the government to take control of our economic activities

Sugar Act

Add the taxes on goods such as wine, coffee, spices and sugar

Stamp Act

Affected our colonist, and was the first effort to put a direct tax on American goods and services, rather than an external tax on imports and exports.

Although the British won the French and Indian War, there were significant challenges ahead.Complete the passage to describe some of the issues the British faced after the war.

After the French and Indian War, Britain began to enforce economic regulations on the colonies to help pay for the expensive war. Additionally, Britain needed to take steps to keep the peace with the Native Americans, so King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. These policies were unpopular with the colonists and those tensions would lead to the American Revolution

What was the cause of the Boston Tea Party?

Colonia smugglers were angry that the East India Company was allowed to sell tea at a greatly reduced price.

What was the British motivation for increasing taxes on their colonies in North America after the French and Indian War?

George Greenville believe the colonist should pay for the British troops who defended them during the war.

Identify one of the reasons the number of French colonists in Canada were much lower than the number of British and Dutch colonists in North America.

In 1627, the French government ordered that only Catholics could live in new France

Staples Act

Law requiring a shipment of goods from Europe to America to stop and Britain to be tax

Navigation act of 1651

Law requiring that all goods imported to or exported from Britain must be carried only on British ships

Match the items to show how North America was divided after the French and Indian War.

Louisiana- given to Spain from France Florida- given to Britain from Spain Indian Land- set aside for Indians Mississippi River-new boundary between British colonies and New Spain

Quartering act

Required colonist to feed and house British troops.

Which statement most accurately describes the relationship between Native Americans and settlers of New France?

Settlers of new France sought to build close bond with the Native Americans and then not encroach on their lands as much as the British counterparts.

What ultimately prompted Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts?

The Boston massacre shocked Parliament into repealing the acts

In 1765, nine colonial assemblies sent delegates to Massachusetts to discuss their opposition to the Stamp Act.Complete the passage to describe what they concluded.

The Stamp Act Congress issued the Declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies in which they would not allow themselves to be taxed without representation in Parliament. In 1766,Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act, which reasserted the power of Parliament to govern the colonies

Why was the Albany Plan of Union drafted, and why did the plan ultimately fail?

The colonies wanted to maintain their autonomy, and the British military merely wanted a military alliance. The northern and mid-Atlantic colonies sought a union that would aid the British defense in the French and Indian War.

How did the Glorious Revolution in Britain impact the colonies?

The revolution prove that a despised monarch could be disposed.

What made the Sugar Act different from other acts passed by Britain regarding the colonies?

This was the first time parliament adopted taxes designed to raise revenues from the colonies, rather than simply regulate trade.

British economic policy in the American colonies changed over time, particularly around 1651. Complete the passage to identify these changes and describe how they helped Britain control its colonies.

Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, British officials found it difficult to enforce laws regulating trade restrictions in the American colonies. Smugglingwas commonplace. Oliver Cromwell ended the tradition of salutary neglect in favor of mercantilism, a political and economic policy in which the government takes control of all economic activities. Key industries were taxed, and new laws were created to increase Britain's colonial revenues.

salutary neglect

a period of loosely enforced trade restrictions in the American colonies

Currency Act

caused value of paper money to plummet.