4.3 Warmup - SSUSH3 & 4

Based on the text and your knowledge of social studies, what did Paine advocate?

• American independence from Great Britain

• the immediate overthrow of the British monarch

• Britain's mercantilist policy in the American colonies

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  loyalty among American colonists to the British crown

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SSUSH3.c

At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, France was defeated in North America, and Great Britain was deeply in debt. In 1763, the Treaty of Paris was signed and brought an end to the costly conflict. Which diagram illustrates the impact of the treaty on growing tensions between colonists and the British government, eventually culminating in the American Revolution?

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SSUSH3.a

Match each Intolerable Act with the grievance from the Declaration of Independence it is most associated with.4

• For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world

• Massachusetts Government Act

• For (housing) large bodies of armed troops among us

• Administration of Justice Act

• For taking away Charters, abolishing valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the form of govts

• Boston Port Act

• For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury

• Quartering Act

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SSUSH3.b

Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence and answer the question. What argument is made in this section of the Declaration?

• The only way to restore rights to colonists is by severing ties with Great Britain.

• The only way to end Great Britain's continued colonial expansion is through armed conflict.

• The only way to bring peace to the American colonies is by destroying their British oppressors.

• The only way to create a truly equal American society is through democratization.

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SSUSH4.a

Which side did many of the American Indians living near the western border of the Thirteen Colonies fight for? Why?

• They sided with Great Britain because Great Britain promised to repay them for their help in the war.

• They sided with Great Britain because they believed Great Britain was less likely to expand into their territory.

• They sided with the United States because the United States promised to repay them for their help in the war.

• They sided with the United States because they believed the United States was less likely to expand into their territory.

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SSUSH4.e