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“Niagara at most should be my furthest Post in that quarter . . . By this Means we may keep up a Trade with the most distant Nations, retain their good Opinion, and totally prevent any Jealousy of our intending them any ill. . . . As we increase in Numbers on this Continent, it’s easy and Safe to advance our settlements in Townships, though this I would do only by Cession or by Purchase of the Lands to prevent the Shadow of an Excuse for the Indians to quarrel with us.”
-Source: Colonel William Eyre, as printed in The First Global War: Britain, France, and the Fate of North America, 1756-1775, 1764
The ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from a larger debate over British Parliament’s decision to:
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) tax British-made goods, making them more expensive for the colonists.
A
tax British-made goods, making them more expensive for the colonists.
(Choice B) declare war on the French over territorial boundaries.
B
declare war on the French over territorial boundaries.
(Choice C) limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
C
limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
(Choice D) force neighboring indigenous nations to convert to Christianity.
D
force neighboring indigenous nations to convert to Christianity.

Answer 1

The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly emerge from a larger debate over British Parliament’s decision to:

(Choice C) limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

Colonel William Eyre’s statement reflects concerns about maintaining trade relations, preventing conflicts with Native Americans, and managing colonial expansion, all of which were connected to British policies aimed at controlling westward movement after the French and Indian War, particularly the Proclamation of 1763 which sought to limit colonial encroachment on Native lands.