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AP U.S. HistoryImperial Wars and Colonial ProtestHetrichTime Period 3 (1754 – 1774)Directions: Use your AMSCO supplemental text. Chapter 4. Read from page 69 - 77 to answer the following questions.1. What caused American colonists in the 1760’s to become “more attentive to their liberties”?__________________________________________________________________________________________________2. From a British point of view, who provoked the start of the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) in North Am.?How? _______________________ - _____________________________________________________________________ How did the British forces and American militia fare at the start of the French and Indian War? ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Who proposed the Albany Plan, what was its purpose and how did this early plan of colonial unity pan out?__________________________ , ________________________________________ , _____________________________ What did the British Empire gain at the Treaty of Paris in 1763?_____________________________________and ___________________________________ With the defeat of the French and their Indian allies how dependent were the American colonies on British military defense on the frontier? ________________________________________________________________________________________________ What was the colonial view of the British military following the French and Indian War? ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is salutary neglect and why did Britain end this policy with regards to the American colonies after the war?__________________________________________________ - _____________________________________________ What was the financial position for Great Britain following the four wars for colonies? __________________________________________________________________________________________________4. Who was Pontiac and why did he lead an uprising (Pontiac’s Rebellion)? Pontiac - _____________________________________________________________________________________ Pontiac’s Rebellion - ___________________________________________________________________________ What was the Proclamation of 1763 and why did King George III issue this statement? Proclamation of 1763 - _________________________________________________________________________ Issued by King George III - _______________________________________________________________________ How did the American colonists perceive the Proclamation? ____________________________________________5. In order to raise revenue for the British government (or lower the cost of keeping troops in the colonies) identify the following three laws passed by Parliament: Sugar Act - _____________________________________________________________________________________ Quartering Act - _________________________________________________________________________________ Stamp Act - _____________________________________________________________________________________ What was Patrick Henry’s response to the Stamp Act? ______________________________________________What was James Otis’s response? _______________________________________________________________What was the purpose of the Son’s and Daughter’s of Liberty? ________________________________________ What was the most successful form of protest employed by the American colonists? ______________________ What was the Declaratory Act?__________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What did the Townshend Act tax?____________________ - _____________________________ - and _____________________________ The Townshend Acts also provided government officials the right to use writs of assistance. What were these? ________________________________________________________________________________________________7. What happened at the Boston Massacre?__________________________________________________________________________________________________ How was propaganda about the Boston Massacre used by American colonists?__________________________________________________________________________________________________8. What were the Committees of Correspondence and what was their purpose?__________________________________________________________________________________________________ What was the Gaspee Incident? ________________________________________________________________________________________________9. What did the Sons of Liberty do at the Boston Tea Party?__________________________________________________________________________________________________10. Why did British Parliament pass the Coercive Acts against the city of Boston?__________________________________________________________________________________________________ What did the the American colonists call the Coercive Acts? ______________________________ What did they do? a. ____________________________________________b. ___________________________________________ c. ____________________________________________d. ___________________________________________ ................
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