THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
EMBARGO OF 1807
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Question
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They were ignoring the Indians.
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They British were providing the Indians with weapons and supplies to fight the American.
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They fought in the French and Indian War.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -They had to pay high taxes to the king. They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation. They were also angry because the colonists were forced to let British soldiers sleep and eat in their homes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The war had been enormously expensive, and the British government’s attempts to impose taxes on colonists to help cover these expenses resulted in increasing colonial resentment of British attempts to expand imperial authority in the colonies.
Detailed explanation-3: -While many Native Americans fought with the British, battles on the frontiers involved very few professional British soldiers. Most of the fighting was between Native warriors, American Loyalists, and rebel militia. This war did not end when General Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in 1781.