Chapter 6: From Empire to Independence, 1750-1776
Identification


1.  

This advocate of British expansion became prime minister of Great Britain in 1757.



2.  

This Indian visionary called Neolin by his Algonquian followers was known to the English as:



3.  

In 1735, the acquittal of this New York editor indicted for libel was a precedent for freedom of the press.



4.  

In 1764, this British government official pushed the Sugar Act through Parliament.



5.  

The British argued that Americans were represented in Parliament because of:



6.  

Formed in 1765, these American groups encouraged moderate forms of protest.



7.  

These groups of women organized spinning and weaving bees to produce homespun cloth.



8.  

These Acts terminated the history of self-rule by communities in Massachusetts.



9.  

This pamphlet by Thomas Paine offered simple fact and plain arguments on the colonial crisis.



10.  

This Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress offered the motion that led to the Declaration of Independence.


   


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