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After what war did the did the British Parliament establish a growing supremacy over the
King? - Answer: The Glorious Revolution
Overthrew King James the 2nd - Answer: William and Mary
How was day to day administration of the colonies - Answer: Decentralized and inefficient.
There was no office for dealing with the colonies in Britain, and the officials who were
responsible accepted bribes and were busy with Britain itself. They had substitutes go to
the colonies in there place.
What role did the assemblies have in the colonies. - Answer: Claimed the right to levy
taxes, make appropriations, approve appointments, and pass laws for their respective
colonies.
How did colonies communicate with each other? - Answer: They kept in touch with the
colonial post service.
What was the initial purpose of the Albany meeting? - Answer: To make a treaty with the
Iroquois. Central government: has a "president general" appointed and paid by the king and
a legislature elected by the colonial assemblies to head relations with the Iroquois.
What did Ben Franklin propose at the meeting and what did the representatives think of it? -
Answer: Proposed the Albany Plan, which said that Parliament would set up a central
government. The representatives thought it was stupid.
What were the two main nations fighting in the 7 years war? - Answer: France(ally: Austria)
Britain(ally: Prussia)
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, The last part of the war in the colonies were known as what and fought between who? -
Answer: French and Indian War. It was fought between the French and their native allies
and the British and the colonies.
What significance did the war have on Britain and the colonies? - Answer: Generated british
resentment towards the colonists due to the fact that they thought that the Americans were
militarily inept
-the colonists did not contribute financially to the british debt
-colonists sold food and stuff to the French and Indians.
-In terms of the colonists, the colonies felt more united after the war, and with British
impressment, and the return of power to the colonial assemblies, it made the colonists all
feel that British authority was inept.
What caused the war in the colonies? - Answer: Land conflicts in the Ohio River Valley
between the French and the British, many wars happening between the French and the
British in Europe. After the Iroquois allowed the English to trade in the Ohio Valley, which
made the french worry about english expansion. They built a fort, Fort Duquesne, which
was taken as a hostile act by Britain, who sent George Washington to challenge it, the spark
of war. Washington's fort was called Fort Necessity.
What was French territory in the New World? - Answer: Haiti and Canada
What were the middle grounds? - Answer: Areas where the French coexisted with a large
population of Indian tribes, aka the Ohio River Valley.
What did the British and the French offer to the Indians - Answer: England gave better and
plentiful goods, and the French offered tolerance.
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