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World History
The Road to Independence
Directions: Based on the work you have completed over the last two classes, fill in each blank
space with words or phrases that would accurately fit with the sentence.
The first English settlers who came to America ___________________had a hard time at first,
but eventually things got better. They came looking for _______________________________.
The groups that came were granted _____________________ from the English king. This gave
them the permission to settle English colonies.
By the 1600s, the kings of England had their power limited by _____________________. This
was an elected group that ruled Great Britain with the King. The English people were used to
voting for leaders to represent them in government.
While the colonists still had to follow England’s laws and kings, they set up their own
governments to run everyday problems. They did this because
__________________________________________________________________________.
By the mid-1700s, the 13 American colonies governed themselves without much interference
because
__________________________________________________________________________.
By the 1700s, Great Britain also (now England and Scotland combined) forced the colonies to
sell them _____________________________________ (timber, crops, minerals) and buy
expensive ____________________________ (goods made with the raw materials) made in
England. This wasn’t a fair deal for the colonists who could make more money selling their raw
goods to other people.
Due to expensive wars in the mid-1700s, Britain tried to _____________________________
and this led to massive boycotts of British goods. The first major tax was a tax called the
__________________ Act. This put a tax on all legal documents and many other paper
documents. The colonists _____________________ British goods in response.
After this, the British tried to pass many laws and taxes that the colonists thought were
_______________________________. With each new law or tax (the Declaratory Act, the
Townshend Revenue Act, the Quartering Act, the Intolerable Acts) the colonists
____________________________________. Many people were upset that they didn’t have
________________________________ in the taxes and laws passed by Parliament.
By July 1776, colonist had enough and they
___________________________________________________________________________.
Challenge and Extension:
1. Name the original 13 colonies.
2. Research the Sons of Liberty. Who were they? What impact did they have on the American
Revolution?
3. Research the Boston Tea Party. What did it happen? What were colonists so upset about?