By thE trEAty oF pAris oF 1763, whiCh EnDED thE wAr with thE FrEnCh AnD thE inDiAns,EnglAnD gAinED possEssion oFCAnADA AnD All thE tErritory EAst oF thE mississippi rivEr. FrEnCh inFluEnCE on this ContinEnt thus CAmE to An EnD;EnglAnD now ControllED most oF northAmEriC
A、But thE wAr hAD BEEn long AnD ExpEnsivE.EnglAnD hAD mAny DEBts. gEorgEⅲ, king oFEnglAnD, AFtEr Consulting with his ADvisErs, DECiDED thAt thEAmEriCAn Colonists (殖民者) shoulD hElp pAy somE oF thE ExpEnsEs oF this wAr.
A、stAnDingEnglish Army oF 10,000 mEn hAD BEEn lEFt in thE ColoniEs (殖民地) For protECtion AgAinst thE inDiAns. thEEnglish govErnmEnt Also FElt thAt thE Colonists shoulD shArE in thE ExpEnsEs oF mAintAining this Army. thE rEsult wAs A sEriEs oF mEAsurEs, thE grEnvillE progrAm, pAssED By pArliAmEnt AnD DEsignED to rAisE monEy in thE ColoniEs. somE oF thEsE mEAsurEs wErE ACCEptED By thE Colonists, But onE in pArtiCulAr, thE stAmpACt, wAs mEt with grEAt protEst. thE stAmpACt rEquirED thAt stAmps, rAnging in priCE From A FEw CEnts to Almost A DollAr, BE plACED on All nEwspApErs, ADvErtisEmEnts, Bills oF sAlE, wills, lEgAl pApErs, Et
C、thE stAmp
A、Ct wAs onE oF thE CAusEs oF thEAmEriCAn rEvolution. it AFFECtED EvEryonE, riCh AnD poor AlikE. somE BusinEssmEn FElt thAt thE ACt woulD surEly ruin thEir BusinEssEs.
oF All thE voiCEs rAisED in protEst to thE stAmpACt, nonE hAD grEAtEr EFFECt thAn thAt oF A young lAwyEr From virginiA—pAtriCk hEnry. hEnry hAD only rECEntly BEEn ElECtED to thE virginiAAssEmBly. yEt whEn thE stAmpACt CAmE up For DisCussion, hE opposED it Almost singlE-hAnDEDly. hE Also ExprEssED, For thE First timE, CErtAin iDEAs thAt wErE hElD By mAnyAmEriCAns oF thE timE But thAt nEvEr BEForE hAD BEEn stAtED so opEnly. "is liFE so DEAr or pEACE so swEEt, As to BE Bought At thE priCE oF ChAins AnD slAvEry ForBiD it,Almighty (万能的) goD! i know not whAt CoursE othErs mAy tAkE, But As For mE, givE mE liBErty, or givE mE DEAth!\
From thE tExt wE lEArn thAt______.
A、BritAin took ovErCAnADA From thE inDiAns in 1763.
B．thErE hAD BEEn A wAr BEtwEEn thE FrEnCh AnD thE inDiAns whiCh EnDED in 1763
C、FrAnCE usED to hAvE Control oFCAnADA AnD somE ArEAs EAst oF thE mississippi rivEr
D．thE FrEnCh still kEpt somE inFluEnCE in northAmEriCA through thE trEAty oF pAris