Chapter 4 - The Empire in Transition

Pitt

Pitt

________ initiated the third and final phase of the war by relaxing many of the policies that Americans found oppressive.

Tea Act

The ________ revived American passions about the issue of taxation without representation.

Continental Congress

________ convened in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia.

English

The French and the ________ had coexisted peacefully in North America for nearly a century.

important event

The boycott was a(n) ________ in the history of colonial resistance.

North Carolina

In 1771, a small- scale civil war broke out as a result of the so- called Regulator movement in ________.

French

The ________ and Indian War lasted nearly nine years, and it proceeded in three distinct phases.

North America

In the late 1750s and early 1760s, a great war raged through ________, changing forever the balance of power both on the continent and throughout much of the world.

Sugar Act

The ________ of 1764, was designed in part to eliminate the illegal sugar trade between the continental colonies and the French and Spanish West Indies.

America

The war in ________ was part of a titanic struggle between England and France for dominance in world trade and naval power.

Tea Act

The ________ angered many colonists for several reasons.

French

The ________ and Indian War had profound effects on the British Empire and the American colonies.