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AP U.S. History Exam 2.5. In an effort to control their colonies, the English used which of the following strategies described in the excerpt?

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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by diplomatic relationships,

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the most cordial of love affairs.

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All right, here's the excerpt.

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[ mumbles ]

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And the question:

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In an effort to control their colonies, the English used

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which of the following strategies described in the excerpt?

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And here are your potential answers.

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Not even 50 years after getting started,

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England's colonies began the transition from doting child

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to unruly teenager. So the motherland came down hard

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to keep all her territories under one roof.

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In an effort to control their colonies, did the English A -

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establish colonies in Southeast Asia?

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Well, Britain did have colonies in Southeast Asia,

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but the Navigation Act was deeply unpopular

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with colonists across the globe,

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as well as other countries suddenly faced with

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restrictions on their trading abilities.

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So that sinks A and B.

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In trying to get their colonies to behave, did the English

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D - decrease colonial reliance on African slave labor?

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Well, African slave labor was quickly becoming an integral part

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of British colonial economies. So the English government

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went to great lengths to make sure that the terrible practice

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stayed afloat. So D's out of the picture, as well.

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Which means the English attempted to rein in their brood

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by C - maintaining imperial and mercantile

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control over the colonies.

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Well, it's easy to forget, especially because the colonies

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quickly took on lives of their own, but the purpose of

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colonization in the first place in the New World was not

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to establish a new country. From the first settlement

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in Jamestown, England was firmly focused on what

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monetary gain the colonies could provide.

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The British colonists, however, had very little patience for this

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parental supervision and it wasn't long before that one

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colonial zit turned into a revolutionary breakout.

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[ crowd yells ]

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