Vocabulary
The British government spent a lot of money fighting the French and Indian war. This left Britain with a large...
Debt
The following are all results of what event? Britain defeated France and its Indian allies, Britain gained a larger amount of new territory, and Britain ended up with huge debts.
The French and Indian War
If your parents require you to pay for telephone use, what act does this example compare to?
The Stamp Act
Britain passed laws after the Boston Tea Party to punish the colonists. What did the colonists call these laws?
The Intolerable Acts
Who did the British colonists dress up as during the Boston Tea Party?
The Native Americans
From 1763 to 1744, Britain passed several laws called...
Acts
Britain created what act in 1763 to protect American settlers from attacks by Native Americans?
The Proclamation Act of 1763
In the parent-child scenario, who is considered the parent and who is considered the child?
Britain is the parent and the colonies are the child.
As a result of the Boston Tea Party, people in England were...?
They were shocked and angered. King George was furious!
Whose famous inaccurate engraving of the Boston Massacre showed peaceful colonists being shot at by British solders?
Paul Revere
Many American colonists were unhappy with British laws such as the Stamp Act. Some colonists __________ to show they did not like the laws.
Protested
What act forced by the British Parliament made the colonists provide soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?
The Quartering Act
What historical event does the following metaphor represent; Child does not like serving the babysitter.
The Quartering Act
What are three ways the colonists protested the Stamp Act?
Answers will vary... 1) refused to pay 2) refused to buy British goods 3) wove their own cloth 4) tried to scare off the tax collectors 5) protested in town squares.
Colonists became angry because they did not have any representatives in the British Government to vote on laws. The colonists thought this was unfair and called it_____________
Taxation without Representation
Describe how the colonists reacted to the Stamp Act?
They protested. The colonists protested the Stamp Act in different ways until it was repealed.
Explain how a child (who represents the colonists) pouring milk down the drain saying, "She can't make me drink milk!" is similar to the Boston Tea Party?
The child doesn't like being forced to drink milk. That is like the colonists being upset at being forced to buy tea from the British East India company. The child pouring the milk out is similar to the colonists dumping tea into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party.
As a result of the colonists not buying British goods and protesting the Stamp Act, the British Parliament did what?
They repealed the law.
What was the area of land called that the British and French were fighting over?
The Ohio River Valley
The lawmaking part the British Government, similar to the congress in the United States.
Parliament
What person would have been most likely to refer to the events of March 5th, 1770, as the "Boston Massacre?"
American colonists from Boston
Explain how a child being charged by a parent is similar to Britain passing the Stamp Act?
Britain passing the Stamp Act and forcing colonists to pay more taxes. The child is upset about the rule. This is like the colonists protesting against 'taxation without representation."
As a result of the French and Indian War, many British moved west into the land that Britain had won for the French. What happened as a result of this?
The Native American were afraid this movement would destroy their way of life and tried to attack the settlers, killing close to 2,000 colonists.
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that the colonists could not move west past what land mass?
The Appalachian Mountains