Chapters 7 & 10 (History of US)
Restate the question in the response; answer each question with 1 – 3 complete sentences. Refer to your textbook for help.
1. What challenges did England face after the French and Indian War?
She had to manage almost 2 million people in te 13 colonies, she had to take control of 60,000 french speaking people in Canada and around the great lakes, and she had to keep the English colonists and the native Americans from killing each other.
2. What was the Proclamation of 1763?
If the colonists could be kept east of the Appalachians there would be no more fighting between the settlers and the native Americans.
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7. What was the Magna Carta? Who signed it, where was it signed, and in what year? What was the main idea behind the Magna Carta?
It was one of the world’s greatest documents of freedom. It was signed by King John in 1215.
8. What is the writ of habeas corpus and why was it created?
The writ of habeas corpus is when you get arrested and you say “writ of habeas corpus” to be brought to a judge so he could tell you why you’ve been arrested. If there is no reason to be arrested, then, you are free to leave. It was made for people who didn’t even know why they were sent to jail. They just got arrested one day and didn’t know what they did wrong.
9. What happened in the Glorious Revolution?
The parliament got King William and Queen mary to sign a bill of rights that made parliament more powerful than the king and queen.
10. Why do you think that the British leaders refused to treat American colonists as equals? Why weren’t Americans given the same rights as people in