AP-Chapter 4
The Empire in Transition
Key Terms/Vocabulary/People
1. Imperial
2. Robert Walpole
3. Albany Plan
4. French and Indian War
5. Middle grounds
6. Ohio Valley
7. George Washington
8. William Pitt
9. Impressment
10. Acadians
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George Grenville
Proclamation of 1763
Smugglers
Stamp Act
Paxton Boys
Patrick Henry
Quartering Act
Crispus Attucks
Samuel Adams
Virtual representation
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Gaspee
Tea Act of 1773
Boston Tea Party
Committees of Correspondence
Conciliatory Propositions
Minutemen
Questions
1. Describe the manner in which the English government controlled the colonies after the Glorious Revolution.
2. Why were parliamentary leaders hesitant to tighten control over the colonies?
3. How did colonists think of themselves in comparison to other colonists? To England?
4. In general, how did the colonists respond to the presentation of the Albany Plan?
5. Why did the French continue expanding their empire in North America? How did the English feel about this?
6. What did the English and French offer the Indians? Which colonial power usually forged stronger alliances?
7. How did the Iroquois Confederacy manage its alliance with the English and French?
8. What were the causes of the French and Indian War?
9. How did William Pitt “turn the tide” in favor of the British during the French and Indian War?
10. How did Pitt’s renewed war efforts change American colonists’ sentiments towards the English?
11. Briefly describe what happened in Quebec and Montreal during the French and Indian War.
12. Describe the provisions of the Treaty of Paris of 1763. Who did these terms mostly favor?
13. In a table, describe the effects of the French and Indian War on the British Empire and American colonies.
14. Describe the debate between the territorialists and the mercantilists.
15. Why was there disagreement about settlement in the western territories?
16. What qualities did King George III have that would make it difficult to work with others?
17. How did the colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763? Was the proclamation effective?
18. What were some positives and negatives of the new imperial tax program on the colonies?
19. Explain how the Stamp Act of 1765 antagonized colonists and what made it different from previous taxes.
20. Who were the Sons of Liberty and what did they do?
21. Why did Charles Townshend believe the Townshend acts would be successful? Were they?
22. Describe what occurred in the Boston Massacre. Was it really a “massacre?”
23. How did the English constitution conflict with colonial charters?
24. How were the protests to the Tea Act different from previous protests?
25. What were the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts? Describe the provisions of these acts.
26. What was the First Continental Congress? What was established in this meeting?
27. What happened at Lexington and Concord?
28. What were the “shots heard round the world?”