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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:
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(Choice A) declare war on the French over territorial boundaries.
A
declare war on the French over territorial boundaries.
(Choice B) limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
B
limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
(Choice C) force neighboring indigenous nations to convert to Christianity.
C
force neighboring indigenous nations to convert to Christianity.
(Choice D) tax British-made goods, making them more expensive for the colonists.
D
tax British-made goods, making them more expensive for the colonists.
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-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) declare war on the French over territorial boundaries.
A
declare war on the French over territorial boundaries.
(Choice B) limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
B
limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
(Choice C) force neighboring indigenous nations to convert to Christianity.
C
force neighboring indigenous nations to convert to Christianity.
(Choice D) tax British-made goods, making them more expensive for the colonists.
D
tax British-made goods, making them more expensive for the colonists.
Report a problem
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The ideas expressed in the excerpt by Colonel William Eyre most directly emerged from a larger debate over British Parliament’s decision to:
**(Choice B)** limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
The excerpt discusses the importance of maintaining trade relationships and the necessity of managing colonial expansion in a way that avoids conflict with Indigenous peoples, which is directly related to the British government's attempts to regulate settlement and expansion into western territories following the French and Indian War.
**(Choice B)** limit westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
The excerpt discusses the importance of maintaining trade relationships and the necessity of managing colonial expansion in a way that avoids conflict with Indigenous peoples, which is directly related to the British government's attempts to regulate settlement and expansion into western territories following the French and Indian War.