History midterm 3&4

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Which factor gave France the greatest advantage over Britain in the competition for territory in North America?
Options:
Colonists could avoid paying taxes on imports,
banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian,
their alliances with the native Americans,
Their alliances with the French

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their alliances with the native Americans

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How did the British government attempt to solve the problems posed by the Treaty of Paris? Options: banned colonial settlement west of the appalachian, approved the colonial statement, made their alliances with the native americans, Colonists could avoid paying taxes on imports

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banned colonial settlement west of the appalachian

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The "wise and salutary neglect" described in Edmund Burke, speech to House of Commons, March 22, 1775 led the British government to do what prior to the French and Indian War?

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Colonists could avoid paying taxes on imports

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What change in British policy resulted from the end of the French and Indian War? Options: took direct action to prepare for war, The government began enforcing tax laws that had largely been ignored in the past., their alliances with the native americans, refusing to buy british goods

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The government began enforcing tax laws that had largely been ignored in the past.

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What assumption was fundamental to Patrick Henry's Virginia Resolves?

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Taxation without representation is illegitimate.

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What was the most widespread form of protest against the new laws passed by Parliament after the French and Indian War?

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refusing to buy british goods

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One source of resentment among colonists in the late 1760s was the British government's use of tax money to pay for what?

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public officials who were loyal to the british

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unlike the First Continental Congress, the Second Continental Congress did what?

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took direct action to prepare for war

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Look into Patrick Henry's work, what did he stand for/ believe in?

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He wanted unity among the American colonists.

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What were beliefs of the Loyalists?

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believed in remaining loyal to the British crown and opposed the idea of American independence.