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AP U.S. History Exam 1.9. When discussing the country's need to protect the British colonies, Parliament was referring to...what?
- Economic and Imperial Goals of Colonizers / French and Dutch Colonial Efforts
- Period 2: 1607 to 1754 / Competition and Conflict Between Europeans and American Indians
- Competition and Conflict Between Europeans and American Indians / Growing Mistrust Among Europeans
- Competition and Conflict Between Europeans and American Indians / British Conflicts with Native Americans
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- 00:00
[ musical flourish ]
- 00:03
And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the Stamp Act,
- 00:06
legislation that'll make you salivate. Yeah.
- 00:10
All right, well, take a look at this excerpt, right here.
- 00:12
[ mumbles ]
Full Transcript
- 00:16
[ mumbling continues ] 1765.
- 00:20
When discussing the country's need to protect the British colonies,
- 00:24
Parliament was referring to... what?
- 00:29
And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ] All right.
- 00:36
Well, after a somewhat rocky start, the American colonies
- 00:38
began to flourish in the 1700s,
- 00:40
becoming a crucial source of resources for Great Britain.
- 00:44
But valuable assets need protecting,
- 00:46
and the British needed a way to pay for that neighborhood watch.
- 00:49
Thus the Stamp Act.
- 00:51
When discussing the country's need to protect the British colonies,
- 00:54
was Parliament referring to A -
- 00:56
the outcome of Shay's Rebellion?
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Well, Shay's Rebellion didn't take place until
- 01:01
after the Revolutionary War, so we're about
- 01:03
20 years early for that one.
- 01:05
Could Parliament have been referring to B -
- 01:08
the dangers of the slave trade?
- 01:09
Well, though the slave trade was dangerous for those
- 01:12
directly involved, it was mostly a self-regulating system
- 01:16
once it got going. So it can't be B, either.
- 01:19
Was Parliament worried about the threat of C -
- 01:21
failed agricultural seasons?
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Hmm. Well, even if growing seasons failed,
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there wasn't much the British could do about it
- 01:28
other than stepping in to secure even more land.
- 01:31
So that's a foreclosure on C, as well.
- 01:34
[ chuckles ]
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Which means that, in discussing the country's need to protect
- 01:37
the British colonies, Parliament was referring to
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D - the French and Indian War.
- 01:42
Huge portions of North America were regularly
- 01:45
fought over, which eventually led to the French and Indian War
- 01:48
right on the colonists' doorstep.
- 01:50
So D is the right answer.
- 01:52
Unfortunately, wars cost money and, for the British,
- 01:55
well, money didn't grow on trees.
- 01:57
It grew on the colonists' trees.
- 02:01
[ slap ]
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