After the Seven Years' War, Britain kept several thousand troops in the colonies for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. to enforce the Proclamation of 1763 by providing protection to colonials settling west of the Appalachians.
B. to ensure the submission of French Canadians and Spanish Floridians.
C. to monitor relations between Indians and colonials.
D. to encourage American acceptance of Grenville's new measures.
A. to enforce the Proclamation of 1763 by providing protection to colonials settling west of the Appalachians.
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Delegates at the Constitutional Convention decided that the president could NOT
A) be elected by direct vote of the people. B) be impeached by Congress. C) serve as commander in chief of the armed forces. D) negotiate treaties with foreign nations.
British General Thomas Gage advocated that the British government take a conciliatory approach in 1775 to address the growing rebellion in the colonies, particularly in Massachusetts
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Why did sugar producers in the British Caribbean islands decide not to join the mainland colonies in opposing Great Britain? a. Parliament had not imposed any taxes on its possessions in the Caribbean islands. b. They were afraid that joining the resistance movement would leave them unprotected in the event of a slaveuprising
c. Quaker pacifists had far greater influence in the British Caribbean islands than in Britain's mainland colonies. d. Sugar producers in the British Caribbean islands had elected representatives who sat in Parliament.
Between 1700 and 1776, the population of the thirteen colonies
a. grew slowly. b. doubled. c. tripled. d. increased tenfold. e. did not increase.