From Evolution Of British Rule Lecture

Question 1

What was the one way Britain imposed control (know the Navigation Acts, including when the first was passed)?

Answer 1

Navigation Acts- british taxed trading to/from the colonies, 1660 1663 1673

Question 2

Know King James II, what he did, and the result

Answer 2

crowned in 1685, he created a single colonial gov’t and abolished assemblies

Question 3

Years, cause and results of the French-Indian War

Answer 3

(1754-63), causes- control over land results- huge debt for Britain, French lost Canada and lands east of the Mississippi, Spain given French lands west of the Mississippi

Question 4

Why (British attitudes) and how did the war change British policy in North America?

Answer 4

Colonist first were okay with British right to govern, than british used colonies as a place for revenue for large debt with more direct rule

Question 5

How closely was the British rule doing its rule?

Answer 5

Colonies were fairly independent