USH Module 1 Section #4 Bellwork

Which of the following conclusions is illustrated by this image?

• The Navigation Acts allowed the colonies to trade freely with any nation, increasing their economic independence.

• The Navigation Acts enforced a system of mercantilism that restricted colonial trade, leading to resentment and calls for greater economic freedom.

• The Navigation Acts encourged the colonies to establish their own industries, reducing dependence on Britain.

• The Nativgation Acts provided military protection for colonal merchants during overseas trade.

“An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the colonies…For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, on which shall be engrossed, written or printed....within the British colonies and plantations in America, a stamp duty of three pence…”

-Stamp Act 1765, Parliament of Great Britain (1765)

What conclusion can be drawn from this passage as to why the Stamp Act was imposed?

• to raise revenue to support colonial governors

• to fund the defense and protection of the colonies after the French and Indian War

• to encourage trade between the colonies and Britain

• to support the expansion of the colonial economy

Sort the following events or ideas into Causes and Effects of the French and Indian War.

Groups:

(a) Causes

,

(b) Effects

• Britsh and French rivalry

• Proclamation of 1763

• Competition for territory

• End of salutary neglect

Which of the following is an example of a pull factor for colonial settlement?

• Famine

• Religious freedom

• Political persecution

• conomic instability

How did the British policy of salutary neglect impact the colonies?

• Colonies became heavily dependent on British goods.

• Colonies stopped trading with other nations.

• Colonies supported stronger British control.

• Colonies developed self-government practices.

What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union?

• To declare independence from Britain

• To unite the colonies for defense during the French and Indian War

• To establish a national government

• To promote trade among the colonies

What was the main message of Benjamin Franklin’s “Join or Die” cartoon?

• The colonies must unite or face defeat.

• The colonies should fight for independence.

• The colonies should remain loyal to Britain.

• The colonies should form alliances with Native Americans.

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger the colonists?

• It imposed new taxes on the colonies.

• It restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• It banned trade with Native Americans.

• It abolished colonial assemblies.

Match the parliamentary act to its description.

• Taxed sugar and molasses

• Sugar Act

• Required colonists to house British sold

• Stamp Act

• Taxed printed materials

• Quartering Act

Match the colonial response to the Parliamentary Act it opposed.

• Stamp Act

• Committees of Correspondence

• Communication about British actions

• Boston Tea Party

• Tea Act

• Boycotts