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STEP 3: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

CHAPTER 6 STUDY GUIDE

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR How did the outcome of the Seven Years’ War change the European balance of power in North America? How did British and colonial views of the war and its consequences differ?	THE ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT Why was the Tea Act so provocative? How did some colonists protest its passage? How did the British response to these protests, and the colonial reaction, help put Britain and the colonies on the path toward war?
TAXING THE COLONIES Why did some colonists see British efforts to tax the colonies as illegitimate? How did the British justify their efforts to raise revenue? What different groups, both in the colonies and in Great Britain, encouraged Parliament to repeal various taxes? What were their motives?	LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD How did the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies before 1763 differ from the relationship after 1763? Was war between Britain and the colonies inevitable after 1774? Why or why not?

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