Salutary Neglect, Fr. & Indian War, Albany Plan, Proc. of 1763

What was salutary neglect?

• Britain was strictly controlling the colonies

• Britain left the colonies to govern themselves

• Britain sent an army to the colonies

• Britain sold the colonies to France

What was salutary neglect?

• time period where Britain did not govern colonies strictly

• Britain tried to take away self-government from colonies

• colonies paid higher taxes than people in England

• smuggling was strictly punished

Why was salutary neglect ended?

• to help pay of Britain's debt from the French and Indian War

• to punish the colonies for the Salem Witch Trials

• to encourage faster westward expansion and conflict with Natives over land

• to encourage republican forms of government

What was the result of increased taxation following the French and Indian War?

• immediate declaration of independence by the colonies

• protests over lack of representation in Parliament

• lenient punishment for smuggling

• British soldiers were removed from the colonies to lower defense expenses

The French and Indian War was was fought between the

• French and the Indians
• Indians and the Spanish
• French and British against the Indians
• The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.

What was the main cause of the French and Indian War?

• The French and British claimed the same land.
• The French and Indians claimed the same land.
• The Indians and British claimed the same land.
• The Indians wouldn't sell their land.

Who was the young military leader from Virginia who fought in the French and Indian war?

• William Pitt
• Edward Braddock
• King George II
• George Washington 

Why were many colonists angry about the Proclamation of 1763 (Treaty of Paris)?

• They were unhappy because they could not settle on new lands.
• They wanted to travel all the way west to California.
• They wanted to share the land with the Native Americans.
• They wanted their money back for the land.

How was the land divided after the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763?

• Britain got it all when they won the French and Indian War.
• The Native Americans got half and Britain got half.
• Spain got everything west of the Mississippi and Britain got most of New France.
• Spain got half and Great Britain got half.

How did Britain begin to pay off their debt from the war?

• they borrowed money from France
• they began taxing the colonists
• they borrowed money from the bank
• they charged the business owners