History 1313

American colonists showed their opposition to the British taxation and trade restrictions of the 1760s primarily by

boycotting products from Great Britain

Boycotts, nonimportation, the "home spun" movement, and the harassment of British officials all represent

colonial responses to British taxation

The app. mountains/ western boundary

colonial settlement was to cease west of the Appalachians.

slavery in the American colonies was

concentrated in the Chesapeake and southern colonies

which of the following was not characteristic of slavery in the deep south in the mid 18th century

cotton cultivation

which of the following statements regarding slavery is false

enslaved people accepted their condition without resistance

The Belief that the King had the divine right to impose taxes on the colonists is stated in the Magna Carta

false

Which political idea expressed in the Declaration of Independence is based on social contrast theory

if the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be overthrown

during the colonial period, the british parliament used the policy of mercantilism to

limit manufactoring in america

the British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

placed restrictions on trading

one reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian war was that the British

practiced salutary neglect in the colonies

According to the Declaration of Independence, the fundamental purpose of government is to

protect people's natural rights

The Treaty of Paris 1763

put an end to all french claims in North America and confirmed British title to all French territory east of the Mississippi

some members of the enlightened elite accepted deism. Deist believed in a God who

was benevolent and evident in laws of nature

Stamp Act and Sugar Act

were taxes by members of Parliament

Lord Dunmore's Proclamation

African Americans can fight in war & get freedom it also stregthened the french/ weekend Britain

what was the geographic feature used to separate

Appalachian Mountains

The Proclamation of 1763 was intended to

avoid further conflicts with native Americans and French fur traders

As a result of the French and Indian War what geographic feature became the western boundary of British territorial claims in North American?

The Mississippi River