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Standard "4.0 Economics," Indicator "AR.1 …"

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Study the diagram.

Venn Diagram titled North American Relationships, 1750s. Two overlapping circles are labelled Europeans and American Indians. The Europeans circle says competed with other Europeans for influence and power. The American Indians circle says competed with other American Indians for territory. The overlapping area between the two circles contains a question mark.

Which phrase completes this diagram?

  1. A.
    demanded citizenship
  2. B.
    sought a water route to Asia
  3. C.
    forced to convert to Christianity
  4. D.
    fought over trade

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  • The Quartering Act required colonists to provide living quarters for British soldiers in America.
  • The Currency Act made it more difficult for colonists to pay debts and taxes.
  • The Stamp Act required colonists to pay taxes on legal documents and paper goods.

Why did the British government pass the laws described in this list?

  1. A.
    to pay for the costs of impressing sailors
  2. B.
    to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
  3. C.
    to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War
  4. D.
    to punish colonists for meeting in the First Continental Congress

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Trade contributed to the French and Indian War because the French wanted to

  1. A.
    expand trade with the American colonists on the Atlantic coast.
  2. B.
    expand trade with the Spanish Empire in Mexico.
  3. C.
    control trade with American Indians in the Ohio River Valley.
  4. D.
    control trade with American colonists in New England.