Why did the colonists reach the conclusion that membership in the British Empire threatened their freedoms, rather than guaranteed them?

Read the text, and then answer the following questions using cited examples from the texbook:1) How and why did the colonists’ sense of a collective British identity change during the years before 1764?2) How did the institution of slavery affect West African nations and society, other regions of the New World, and the nations of Europe?3) Why did the colonists reach the conclusion that membership in the British Empire threatened their freedoms, rather than guaranteed them?4) How did the actions of the British authorities help to unite the American colonists during the 1760s and 1770s?5) What role did the founders foresee for religion in American government and society?7) How did revolutionary America see both improvements and limitations in women’s roles and rights?8) What events and ideas led to the belief in 1786 and 1787 that the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced?9) What were the major arguments for and against the ratification of the Constitution?10) What were some achievements and failures of Jefferson’s presidency? Give two of each.11) Whose status was changed the most by the War of 1812 – Great Britain, the United States, or Native Americans?12) What were the major improvements in transportation during this time and how did they affect the economy?13) How did westward expansion and the market revolution drive each other?14) How did the Missouri Compromise and the nullification crisis demonstrate increasing sectional competition and disagreements over slavery?15) What were the major economic, humanitarian, political, and social arguments for and against Indian removal?16) Given that the majority of slaves were held by the rich planter class in the South, why did poor Whites defend and accept the institution of slavery?17) Why was slavery such an important institution for the South? What would have happened if it were abolished in the middle of the 19th century?