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Describe the ways in which environmental factors contributed to economic
and political conflicts throughout this period.•
How did British economic policy shape the colonists’ drive for
independence?•
What objectives were behind British and later American territorial
expansion?•
What ideas shaped the drive for American independence?•
How did international events shape politics during the early years of
independence?•
What events helped Americans begin to define themselves as uniquely
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