Political Cartoons
True or False, Mayor Kenney is against the soda tax.
No
What is the definition for propaganda?
Propaganda is information that is not objective and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda.
The political cartoon that featured the funeral procession was commentary on the repeal of what British Act?
The Stamp Act
Why was the Stamp Act significant compared to the British Acts passed?
It was the first direct tax that affected all colonists, not just merchants like the Sugar Tax that preceded it.
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
A plan to create a unified government for the original 13 colonies.
What does repeal mean?
Cancel
Example : The soda tax in NYC was repealed.
What is the caption at the bottom of the famous serpent propaganda poster that rallied the Colonies against the British?
"Join or Die"
British "Acts" were really _________ on the colonist.
Taxes
Describe the Boston Massacre in your words.
British soldiers fired on a group of colonists. The root cause is still unknown to this day.
The Treaty of Paris ended what war?
The French and Indian War
Name at least 2 features that you can study in the analyzation of political cartoons.
1. Words
2. Symbols
3. Captions
4. Images
5. Labels
Who created the famous serpent poster that rallied the Colonies against the British in colonial times?
Ben Franklin in 1754
What war caused the British to begin their excessive taxation of the colonies? Did they win this war or lose it, and who was it against?
1. The French and Indian War
2. Won
3. France
What is customs duty?
A tax on imports.
What was the Quartering Act?
It allowed British soldiers to seek housing and food from American colonists, often against the wishes of the colonists.
Political cartoons use humor and ex____________ to comment on political issues.
Exaggeration
Was the famous serpent propaganda poster a primary source?
Yes, because it was created during the time of study. The 1700's
Primary Source - (Also called an original source or evidence) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study.
Why were the British so willing to pass taxes in the face of colonial opposition?
They really needed the money after the debt incurred during the French and Indian War.
What was the non importation agreement?
A series of commercial restrictions adopted by the colonists to protest British taxes on imports.
A boycott in which the colonists sought to cut off funds to the British.
What was the primary argument the colonists made against the British taxation of them?
Only colonists' political representatives, not parliament, had the right to tax colonists.
One step in the analyzation of political cartoons in studying the point of _____ of the ___________.
View of the cartoonist
What did the famous serpent poster represent?
Unity between the 13 original colonies.
UNITY
The ________ and ____________ stamp was a political cartoon printed on secret colonial newspapers as a form of protest against the stamp act.
Skull and crossbones
What is a modern day example of a writ of assistance?
A search warrant
Writ of Assistance - A written order issued by a court giving a law enforcement official powers to perform a specific task
Define inflation in your own term?
Inflation is a general increase in prices and the resulting fall in the purchasing value of money.