You are a member of Britain's Parliament voting in favor of the ...

[j.rubin]

Question 1

England declared war on Spain in 1739, presumably because the Spanish severed the ear of English sea captain ________.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 2

In 1696, Parliament tightened imperial administration in America with the creation of additional ________ courts, which functioned without juries, to prosecute smugglers who evaded trade restrictions.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 3

How did growing revolutionary sentiment from 1764 to 1776 impact urban artisans, women, and backcountry farmers in America?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

You are a member of Britain's Parliament voting in favor of the Coercive Acts in 1774. Write a letter to your American cousin in Massachusetts, briefly reviewing the events of the past 10 years from the British perspective.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer 1

Answer: Robert Jenkins

Answer 2

Answer: vice-admiralty

Answer 3

Answer: Urban artisans capitalized on the growing revolutionary sentiment of the 1760s and 1770s to demand internal reform and raise notions of how American society might be reorganized. Colonial women played a vital role in facilitating the economic boycott of English goods. Removed from the urban scenes of action, backcountry farmers generally had to be drawn gradually into the resistance movement. Social tensions in some rural areas eventually became part of the momentum for revolution.

Answer 4

Answer: A member of Britain's Parliament might have argued the necessity of increased taxes on the American colonies to help pay the costs of running the empire. He would have decried the use of American violence and intimidation tactics to force the view of American patriots, particularly events during the Stamp Act and Tea Act crises.

[j.rubin]

Excellent

[dantucker]

Gracias!