Unit 2 Colonial America

The colonists were dissatisfied because of ___.

• all of these

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  the expense of defending the colonies

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  the changing character of the colonies

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  the stubbornly held British ideal of mercantilism

  3. 

The economic system called ___ required European nations to colonize new areas to provide resources.

The ___ required all trade and manufacture to be handled by the British in England.

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  Navigation Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Mercantile Acts

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  Proclamation of 1763

___ were paid to officials if smuggling was detected when shipping goods.

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  Bribes

• The governor

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  Tariffs

• The French

The Navigation Acts that controlled shipping were largely ineffective because of the efforts of ___.

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  smugglers

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  pirates

• Spaniards

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  Native Americans

The word "strategic" means:

• having to do with strategy; important to a plan or purpose

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  firmness of purpose; determination

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  not able to make quick decisions

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  to stop the progress of

By 1700, the British outnumbered the French in North America about ___.

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  25 to 1

• 30 to 1

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  50 to 1

• 100 to 1

Louisburg was called the ___ of North America.

• Gilbraltar

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  Megiddo

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  Rome

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  Manchester

Match the following

• William Pitt

• led the British forces against the French in the Seven Years' War

• Benjamin Franklin

• led the French forces at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

• James Wolfe

• led the British forces at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, where he was killed

• Marquis de Montcalm

• suggested the plan for union at the Albany Conference

• George Washington

• attacked the French and captured Fort Duquesne

General ___ built a road from Virginia across the mountains to Fort Duquesne.

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  Braddock

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  Washington

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  Wolfe

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  Pitt