Chapter4 -- Unfinished Nation (Brinkley) Reading Focus Questions
Subject:
US History [1]
Tags:
Humanities [4]
intolerable acts [7]
Stamp Act [8]
Tea Act [9]
American Revolution [10]
Declaratory Act [11]
Townshend Acts [12]
Samuel Adams [13]
Politics [14]
Brinkley [15]
Unfinished Nation [16]
Chapter 4?The Empire in Transition I.Loosening Ties?What kind of control did Great Britain have over its American colonies after the Glorious Revolution? A. A Tradition of Neglect 1. Growing Power of Parliament?Why did Parliament under Walpole not strictly enforce the Navigation Acts? 2. Decentralized Colonial Administration?Why were the administration of the Navigation Acts in America largely unsuccessful? 3. Powerful Colonial Legislatures?What powers did colonial legislatures claim? How did they maintain their powers over the king?s representatives in the colonies? B. The Colonies Divided?During the early 1700s, to whom did the colonists feel most loyal: England or each other? 1. Albany Plan?Who proposed this plan, what was it, and what happened?