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Standard "3.0 Geography," Indicator "AR.1 …"

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Study the map.

Select two regions where colonists experienced the most conflict over land after the French and Indian War.

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We know our lands are now become more valuable: the white people think we don’t know their value; but we are sensible that the land is everlasting, and the few goods we receive for it are soon worn out and gone.

—Canassatego, Onondaga Chief, speaker for the Iroquois Confederacy, 1742

Based on the excerpt, what was one source of conflict between American Indians and European colonists?

  1. A.
    American Indians preferred European currency rather than goods.
  2. B.
    American Indians refused to teach the colonists how to farm.
  3. C.
    American Indians refused to learn European languages.
  4. D.
    American Indians wanted to retain their land.

This is a multiple choice question that allows you to select only one option.

Which policy did Great Britain pass in response to Pontiac’s Rebellion?

  1. A.
    Proclamation of 1763
  2. B.
    Quartering Act of 1765
  3. C.
    Declaratory Act of 1766
  4. D.
    Townshend Acts of 1767

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Select two impacts of the Proclamation of 1763 and move them to complete the table.

taxed paper products such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards reduced conflicts with American Indians forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains required colonists to provide food and shelter for the British reduced colonial representation in Parliament
Impacts of the Proclamation of 1763