Chapter 6

Question 1

French and Indian Wars (4)

Answer 1

-Dispute over the Ohio Country
-The English move first, in 1747 the Ohio company obtained a land grant from the king to sell land in the Ohio country
-the french counter by building a series of forts to keep the English out
-In response to this, England sent George Washington to tell french they were trespassing, in response the french attacked GW at fort necessity, war begins

Question 2

British Policies after the War (6)

Answer 2

1) The proclamation of 1763, no settlement west of the Appalachian mtns, angered colonists, denied them the fruits of their labor
2) King george 3 decides to leave a standing army in America, for the colonists this was a royal conspiracy to tyrannize their rights as englishmen
3) Stamp Act
4) The Townsend acts, taxation through trade duties, hidden provision: $$ from acts used to pay royal governors salaries
5) Tea act of 1773, Act favored east India co
6) The Coercive acts

Question 3

The colonial response to the stamp act

Answer 3

1) Virginia company passed Virginia resolves stating only the Virginia assembly had the right to tax virginians
2) Boston mobilizes a group of protestors, the sons of liberty, used violence and intimidation to avoid the tax
3) New York, the stamp act congress, congress peaceably petitions parliament for a redress

Question 4

Explain the British response to the Boston tea party

Answer 4

-Coercive acts, altered colonies charter, underscoring parliament’s supremacy
-boston harbor closed
-impartial administration of justice act, royal officials accused of crimes :England
-quartering act, troops in homes