Show Terms in this set (14)"Today, two hundred and fifty years after the French and Indian War, most Americans are no more familiar with its events and significance than they are with those of the Peloponnesian War. Few know that George Washington struck the first spark of a war that set the British North American frontier ablaze from the Carolinas to Nova Scotia, then spread to Europe, Canada,
the Caribbean, West Africa, India, and, finally, the Philippines. Historians call this immense conflict the Seven Years' War; . . . Winston Churchill described it as 'the first world war.'" Which of the following best explains a result of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) ? "Today, two hundred and fifty years after the French and Indian War, most
Americans are no more familiar with its events and significance than they are with those of the Peloponnesian War. Few know that George Washington struck the first spark of a war that set the British North American frontier ablaze from the Carolinas to Nova Scotia, then spread to Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, West Africa, India, and, finally, the Philippines. Historians call this immense conflict the Seven Years' War; . . . Winston Churchill described it as 'the first world war.'" Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) had which of the following economic consequences for its American colonies? "Today, two hundred and fifty years after the French and Indian War, most Americans are no more familiar with its events and significance than they are with those of the Peloponnesian War. Few know that George Washington struck
the first spark of a war that set the British North American frontier ablaze from the Carolinas to Nova Scotia, then spread to Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, West Africa, India, and, finally, the Philippines. Historians call this immense conflict the Seven Years' War; . . . Winston Churchill described it as 'the first world war.'" The conclusion of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) had which of the following effects on Native American societies? "Every British Subject born on the continent of America . . . is by the law of God and nature, by the common law, and by act of parliament, . . . entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent and inseparable rights of our fellow subjects in Great-Britain. Among those rights are the following . . . : In the excerpt, Otis was responding to which of the following developments? "Every British Subject born on the continent of America . . . is by the law of God and nature, by the common law, and by act
of parliament, . . . entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent and inseparable rights of our fellow subjects in Great-Britain. Among those rights are the following . . . : Which of the following was a major purpose of Otis' pamphlet? "Every British Subject born on the continent of America . . . is by the law of God and nature, by the common law, and by act of parliament, . . . entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent and inseparable rights of our fellow subjects in Great-Britain. Among those rights are the following . . . : By the 1770s, to which of the following groups would Otis' argument that the colonies "must obey" Parliament most appeal? "The preservation of the states in a certain degree of
agency is indispensable. It will produce that collision between the different authorities which should be wished for in order to check each other. To attempt to abolish the states altogether, would degrade the councils of our country, would be impracticable, would be ruinous. [John Dickinson] compared the proposed national system to the solar system, in which the states were the planets, and ought to be left to move freely in their proper orbits. . . . If the state governments were excluded from
all agency in the national one, and all power drawn from the people at large, the consequence would be, that the national government would move in the same direction as the state governments now do, and would run into all the same mischiefs [troubles]." Dickinson's concern for the "mischiefs" in the states is best understood in the context of which of the following? "The preservation of the states in a certain degree of agency is indispensable. It will produce that collision between the different authorities which should be wished for in order to check each other. To attempt to abolish the states altogether, would degrade the councils of our country, would be impracticable, would be ruinous. [John Dickinson] compared the proposed national system to the solar system, in which the states were the planets,
and ought to be left to move freely in their proper orbits. . . . If the state governments were excluded from all agency in the national one, and all power drawn from the people at large, the consequence would be, that the national government would move in the same direction as the state governments now do, and would run into all the same mischiefs [troubles]." The principle of federalism embodied in the United States Constitution had most in common with which of the following earlier aspects of British colonial government? "The preservation of the states in a certain degree of agency is indispensable. It will produce that collision between the different authorities which should be wished for in order to check each other. To attempt to abolish the states altogether, would degrade the councils of our country, would
be impracticable, would be ruinous. [John Dickinson] compared the proposed national system to the solar system, in which the states were the planets, and ought to be left to move freely in their proper orbits. . . . If the state governments were excluded from all agency in the national one, and all power drawn from the people at large, the consequence would be, that the national government would move in the same direction as the state governments now do, and would run into all the same mischiefs
[troubles]." The framers of the United States Constitution initially responded to abuses of executive authority by the British monarch in which of the following ways? "The preservation of the states in a certain degree of agency is indispensable. It will produce that collision between the different authorities which
should be wished for in order to check each other. To attempt to abolish the states altogether, would degrade the councils of our country, would be impracticable, would be ruinous. [John Dickinson] compared the proposed national system to the solar system, in which the states were the planets, and ought to be left to move freely in their proper orbits. . . . If the state governments were excluded from all agency in the national one, and all power drawn from the people at large, the consequence
would be, that the national government would move in the same direction as the state governments now do, and would run into all the same mischiefs [troubles]." Dickinson's desire to preserve "a certain degree of agency" for states is best explained by which of the following developments in the early United States? "I have
already intimated [warned] to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. . . . The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension . . . is itself a frightful despotism. . . . Washington most likely wrote about political parties for which of the following purposes? "I have already intimated
[warned] to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. . . . The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension . . . is itself a frightful despotism. . . . Which of the following best explains why Washington warned against foreign alliances? "I have already intimated [warned] to you the
danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. . . . The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension . . . is itself a frightful despotism. . . . Supporters of Washington's comments would most likely have agreed with which of the following foreign policies? "I have already intimated [warned] to you
the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. . . . The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension . . . is itself a frightful despotism. . . . George Washington's suggestions about United States foreign relations reflect which of the following situations? Students also viewedWhat was the result of the Seven Years War quizlet?What was the ultimate result of the Seven Years' War? Britain took over most of France's North American territories. How did George III's ascension to the throne affect Anglo-American relations? Frequent leadership changes in the government destabilized the relationship between England and the colonies.
What was the most significant consequence of the Seven Years War quizlet?What was the most important outcome or legacy of the Seven Years' War? It caused the French expulsion from North America, and increased British power.
How did the Seven Years War affect the Revolutionary War quizlet?How did the Seven Years' War affect the Revolutionary War? France's defeat caused it to want to help America. A problem for the economy of the new nation was that: Wealthy Loyalists had left America.
What is the Seven Years War quizlet?Sometimes called the French and Indian War, it was a conflict between France and Britain, in which the Algonquins sided with the French and the Iroquois sided with the British and the colonists.
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