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What did the British impose to help pay the cost of protecting colonies and the colonists responded by creating the Sons of Liberty?
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The British imposed the Stamp Act of 1765 to pay for the cost of keeping British troops in North America. This tax was placed on all paper materials and products. The Sons of Liberty were created as a secret society of men who opposed British taxation of the colonies.
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British imposed this to help pay the cost of protecting colonies and the colonists responded by creating the Sons of Liberty?
stamp act
What role did colonists play in mercantilism?
According to mercantilism, the colonies were required to engage in two general behaviors: (1) The colonies were locked into exclusive trade between the colonies and the metropole and were not allowed to trade with any other nation or colony. (2) No manufactures or complex goods could be made in the colonial territory. As a result the colonies would provide wealth to the metropole by trading their natural resources for less than they would be worth and by buying manufactures for much more money.
The colonists at Jamestown started representative government in America by creating a house of what?
house of burgesses
Which term best describes the practice of creating wealth from colonies?
Mercantilism
Which was a result of the Great Awakening in the colonies?
creating a greater number of congregations
What did king george do after the end of the french and Indian war?
After backing the colonies in the French and Indian War, both King George and Parliament changed their outlook on the Thirteen Colonies. They believed it was time for the colonies to pay for their military expenses. He decided to keep the army intact, creating the largest peacetime army of the time. He limited western expansion of the colonies. Parliament next began to attempt extracting more money from the colonists via the Sugar and Stamp Acts.
Why did European powers create colonies in the Americans?
The best example of this is the fact that England had almost completely stripped their own forests of trees large enough that they needed to build their ships. Their ships, at this time. were almost entirely made of wood. By creating colonies, they were able to have large supply of the type of trees that they needed. The colonists were forbidden to harvest the trees for their own use.
What did second continental congress stand to lose when creating the declaration of independence?
The colonists were concerned that they were going to lose their freedoms in the colonies as British troops began to approach. The appointment of Washington as Commander of the army was in hopes of gaining support form the wealthy southerners to help finance the war.
What best describes the economic policy of mercantilism?
Colonies creating wealth for the mother country.
What effect did the acts intolerable stamp tea etc have on the colionies?
Great Britain, the King and Parliament, were creating taxes to pay for the French and Indian War, or Seven Years' War. This war was fought on the soil of the colonist and for the protection of the colonists, therefore, Britain reasoned, the colonists should have to pay for the cost of the war. The Parliament and the King created these taxes without consent from the colonies; the colonies had no representation. Taxes like that would never have happened on the Great Britain mainland because they all had representatives in Parliament.
How did the declaration of independence change the relationship between Britain and the colonists?
By creating laws for the people of the United States to abide by.
How did the articles of confederation reflect the colonists' fear of monarchy?
creating a national government wihout an executive or an executive branch
