French and Indian War

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  1. 2. Thanks to a rise in Indian attacks after the French and Indian War, the British were forced to keep a large number of these people in North America.
  2. 4. The British believed these people should pay for the soldiers kept in North America because Great Britain was already in heavy debt from the war.
  3. 5. After the French and Indian War, an economic ___________ hit the colonies.
  4. 7. During the French and Indian War, Colonial _____________ gained even greater power as British officials often made concession to ensure local cooperation with the war effort.
  5. 8. These people found it very difficult to pay their taxes because of the scarcity of gold and silver coins
  6. 10. The French and Indian War was sparked by this American hero.
  7. 14. The colonists believed that only their __________ assemblies had the right to tax since they had no representation in British parliament.
  8. 15. At the same time that hard specie became scarce, British merchants and tax collectors demanded payment in ________ and silver coins.
  9. 18. In order to stop rebellion among the Indians and French in Canada, the British closed all land beyond the _______________ to British colonists.
  10. 19. Over the next 10 years, the British attempted to exert stricter control over the Colonies including appointing ________.
  11. 20. One of the most important results of the French and Indian War was that all French land in North America was given to the ________________.
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  1. 1. In addition the __________ of the royally appointed officials were to be paid through colonial taxes not by British crown.
  2. 3. During the period of benign neglect,Americans enjoyed ____________ where locally elected officials controlled important issues like taxation.
  3. 6. These wealthy people were especially hard hit by the economic depression
  4. 9. Over the years more and more power traditionally held by locally elected assemblies were taken away and given to these types of officials who were appointed by the King.
  5. 11. Tax levied on the Americans to help pay for troops stationed in North America. Not a new tax but a way of enforcing a system that was usually ignored by the Colonists.
  6. 12. The Colonies prospered during benign neglect and looked to expand into the _________ River Valley, an area also claimed by the French.
  7. 13. Gold and silver coins that British merchants and tax collectors demanded payment in
  8. 16. The ban on settlement beyond the Appalachian mountains especially angered _________ landowners like George Washington who claimed lots of land in the region.
  9. 17. In the period before the Revolution,the American colonists experienced a period known as ____________ neglect.