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What was Georgia a buffer colony for?
Georgia was a buffer to protect England's colonies from Spain and France, whose colonies in Florida and Louisiana, respectively, were very close to Georgia and England's other colonies in the South.
Why did the british close Boston harbor and station troops in city?
The King got mad because of the Boston Tea Party and it was punishment.
How did the british try to control the colonists?
The Netherlands was invaded by Napoleon and lost temporary control of all her colonies and the British took advantage of the situation going on and took control of Cape Colony/South Africa to prevent it from falling to France. They gave South Africaback to the Dutch East India Company but they were declared bankrupt afterwards soBritain annexed Cape Colony and expanded to the North by fighting wars with Native Africans and the Boers.
What are settlement in the new territory that kept close ties to the homeland called?
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In 1807 Thomas Jefferson persuaded Congress to declare an embargo on Great Britain What was Jefferson's strategy?
To starve the British and close their factories
