Mercantilism
What is mercantilism?
The practice of countries controlling trade by selling more to other countries than they buy.
What is the significance of Thomas Paine?
He was an influential writer of the pamphlet Common Sense.
Define the Intolerable Acts-
Acts that Britain used to punish the colonies for their protest at the Boston Tea Party.
What were the British economic policies following the French and Indian War?
The British used taxes from the colonies to pay off debt from the war.
What central American document was drafted in June and July of 1776?
The Declaration of Independence
Why did Mercantilism create tension between the colonies and Great Britain?
Britain prevented the colonies from trading with most other countries.
What is quartering?
When civilians are forced to house soldiers in their home.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
When the colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor to protest British taxes.
How did the American Colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?
By holding the First Continental Congress
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
The British restricted/prevented westward expansion and settlement.
What was a result of the colonies’ lack of representation in Parliament?
Colonists had to pay taxes that were created by a government in which they did not have representation.
What were the conflicts associated with the American Revolution?
1. Conflict over mercantilism
2. Ideas of Thomas Paine
What was the Stamp Act?
All colonists had to pay taxes on documents and paper.
What were the acts passed to recover costs Britain spent when defending the colonies in the French/Indian War?
1. Sugar Act
2. Stamp Act
3. Townshend Act
What are the unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life
Liberty
The Pursuit of Happiness