Vocabulary
This is a name for someone living in the colonies.
Colonist
What was the Sugar Act?
A law that placed a tariff (a tax on any good coming into or out of a place) on all sugar that was not from England.
Who won the French and Indian War?
The British
What is an act?
A law.
Taxation without REPRESENTATION is tyranny!
What does it mean to "unify?"
To come together in agreement.
What did the Stamp Act tax?
All official papers (newspapers, playing cards, land deeds, etc.)
Who did the British tax to pay for the debt gained from the French and Indian War?
They taxed all British citizens, including the American colonists.
What is a slogan?
A phrase that is meant to persuade someone.
Who created the "Join or Die" snake cartoon?
Benjamin Franklin
This is money paid to the government.
Tax
The Quartering Act made colonists responsible for the housing and feeding of ___________________.
British soldiers.
What did the Proclamation of 1763 forbid colonists from doing?
It outlawed colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is an artifact?
A man-made object from a long time ago.
What is Parliament?
The governing body in England that made up laws.
"Taxation without representation is tyranny" is an example of a _______.
Slogan
The Townshend Acts taxed all imported paper, lead, paint, tea and sugar to pay for _______________.
British officials.
What did Benjamin Franklin ask for when he visited England?
He asked that the colonists be represented in Parliament if they are going to be taxed.
What does it mean to represent someone?
To speak for them.
How did the Church of Maryland protest British rule?
They took out every prayer for the King out of their prayer books.
Define "tyranny."
government rule that is cruel and unfair.
How did the Sugar Act affect the colonists?
It made other countries stop trading with the colonies because of the taxes put on their sugar.
Colonists were divided on whether to break from England or remain loyal. The two sides to this argument were called...
Patriots and Loyalists. Patriots wanted to break free from England while Loyalists wanted to remain loyal to England.
If I ask you to speak for me in Congress, I am asking you to ____________ me.
represent
...shipyards, where all of the trading and taxing happened.