Which of these partial quotes correctly describes the idea of salutary neglect?

• "...objected to their place in the British Empire."

• "...reaped many benefits from the British imperial system..."

• "...bore few costs for their benefits."

• "...mostly left their American colonies alone."

Following the French and Indian War, ​ (a)   gained new territory from France. King George III issued a proclamation in which he stated that colonists were now ​ (b)   into these new territories. This greatly ​ (c)   the colonists who felt they had earned the right to move into this newly acquired land.

• Great Britain
• prohibited from expanding and settling
• angered
• Spain
• encouraged to expand
• delighted

The primary reason the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Acts was to ​ (a)   , starting from the French & Indian War.

• recover war debt from defending the colonies
• encourage foreign trade with the colonies
• fund the establishment of new colonies

Following the French and Indian War, British Parliament insisted that the American colonies help pay Britain's war debts. This resulted in a series of tax laws and restrictions that the British government imposed on the colonists.

How did these actions lead to the Revolutionary War?

• Colonists refused and protested to pay the taxes demanded by the British Parliament

• Mercantilism policies were abandoned by the British Parliament.

• The British granted the rebels complete independence.

Determine which contribution explains each individual's significance to the American Revolution.

Groups:

(a) King George III

,

(b) Marquis de Lafayette

,

(c) Thomas Paine

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(d) Mercy Otis Warren

• Authored the pamphlet--Common Sense--which stirred American spirit for independence

• French general who helped train the Continental Army during the winter at Valley Forge

• Reigning monarch of England during the American Revolution

• Authored poems and plays supporting independence. Close friend of Abigail Adams

Determine which contribution explains each individual's significance to the American Revolution.

Groups:

(a) Samuel Adams

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(b) Abigail Adams

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(c) George Washington

,

(d) Thomas Jefferson

• Wrote letters to her husband encouraging independence, & women's rights

• Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Organized the Sons of Liberty & Boston Tea Party

• Appointed Commander of the Continental Army

Which events were causes of the American Revolution?

Select THREE correct answers

• Britain issues the Stamp Act

• Britain issues the Proclamation of 1763

• The colonies have a lack of representation in Parliament

• Congress passes the Missouri Compromise

The colonists reacted to certain acts, particularly the Stamp, Tea, and Townshend Acts, by ​ (a)   .

• organizing boycotts of British goods
• seeking military support from France
• signing the Declaration of Independence

What was the MAIN purpose of boycotts in colonial America?

• to protest taxation without representation

• to disrupt trade with foreign nations

• to decrease the power of English merchants

Arrange the words into the chant colonists yelled in anger at the British government. It echoed a grievance by the American colonies against Britain in the Declaration of Independence.

• No

• without

• representation

• taxation