Colonial Foundations
This 1620 document created the first written framework for self-government in the colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This river valley was fought over during the war.
→ What is the Ohio River Valley?
This act required colonists to house British soldiers.
→ What is the Quartering Act?
These acts were passed to punish this colony.
What is Massachusetts (Boston)?
This British victory caused massive debt.
What is the French and Indian War?
This phrase meant colonists believed only their own assemblies could tax them.
What is “No Taxation Without Representation”?
These two groups fought against each other.
Who were the French vs. the British and American colonists?
This was the first direct tax placed on paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
This harbor was closed as punishment.
What is the Boston Harbor?
This British action was a direct result of needing to pay off war debt.
What is taxing the colonies?
The Mayflower Compact is an example of this political idea where people agree to follow laws they help create.
What is a social contract?
After winning the war, Britain had this major problem.
What was massive debt?
This 1763 proclamation banned settlement west of a mountain range.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The Intolerable Acts are also called these acts.
What are the Coercive Acts?
This law led colonists to protest because it taxed paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
Colonists believed Britain was violating their rights as this type of citizen.
What are English citizens?
Britain’s solution to its war debt was this action toward the colonies.
What is creating new taxes?
This mountain range marked the boundary line colonists could not cross.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Name two punishments included in the Intolerable Acts.
(Closed harbor, limited self-government, more quartering of troops, trials moved to Britain.)
This punishment led to colonial unity instead of division.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Explain how the Quartering Act violated the idea of self-government.
What is colonists had no say in housing soldiers / rights taken away.)
Explain how winning the war actually caused tension between Britain and the colonies.
→ (Students must explain debt → taxes → anger.)
Why did colonists think the Proclamation of 1763 was unfair?
→ (They fought for the land and were now forbidden from settling it.)
Instead of dividing the colonies, these acts had this effect.
What is uniting the 13 colonies?
Sequence Challenge:
Put these in correct order:
Proclamation of 1763
French and Indian War
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
→ What is:
French and Indian War → Proclamation of 1763 → Stamp Act → Intolerable Acts?