The following are different types of questions or fill in the blanks you can
use to make flash cards, study notes or other forms of studying before
the test next week.
_____ was a series of battles between Britain and France caused by
colonists moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The French and Indian War
This announcement by the king of England stated colonists could not
move west of the Appalachian Mountains was called _____.
the Proclamation of 1763
In order to pay for the French and Indian War, British parliament passed
laws such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts.
Unfair Taxes
The _____ was a tax on all paper including playing cards, newspapers,
and legal documents.
Stamp Act
The _____ were taxes on lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass.
Townshend Act
The _____ started as a snowball fight and ended with five dead colonists
including Crispus Attucks.
Boston Massacre
Parliament forced colonists to buy their tea only from the East India
Company when they passed the ______.
Tea Act
During the ______, colonists dressed as Mohawks to protest the taxes on
tea.
Boston Tea Party
Parliament passed ______ to punish colonists in Massachusetts after the
Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
At the ______ delegates from every colony Georgia met to discuss their
problems with Britain and decided to send a letter to King George
explaining why taxation was unfair.
First Continental Congress
During ______, the famous silversmith and two other men rode on
horseback to warn the minutemen that the British were coming.
Paul Revere's ride
The "shot heard round the world" occurred at ______, which were the first
battles of the Revolutionary War.
Lexington & Concord
England established and attempted to maintain control over the colonies. England imposed its political and economic
control over the colonies in different ways.
Economic Relationships
Political Relationships
*England imposed strict control over trade
*Colonists had to obey English laws that were
enforced by governors
*England taxed the colonies after the French
and Indian War
*Colonial governors were appointed by the
king or by the proprietor
*Colonies traded raw materials for goods
*Colonial legislatures made laws for each
colony and were monitored by colonial
governors.
England’s Reasons for Control
England’s Reasons for
Taxation
Sources of Colonial
Dissatisfaction
*England desired to remain a
world power.
*To help finance (pay for) the
French and Indian War.
*Colonies had no
representation in Parliament.
*England imposed taxes, such
as the Stamp Act, to raise
necessary revenue (money) to
pay the cost of the French and
*To help with the maintaining
of English troops in the
colonies.
*Some colonists resented
power of colonial governors.
Indian War.
*England wanted strict
control over colonial
legislatures.
*The Proclamation of 1763
hampered the western
movement of settlers.
Key Events
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Boston Massacre: Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British soldiers.
Boston Tea Party: Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest
tea taxes.
First Continental Congress: Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with
England and to promote independence.
Battle of Lexington and Concord: This was the site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War.
1. This act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies Stamp Act.
2. Who wanted to fight the British for American Independence? Patriots
3. These acts prevented supplies from being shipped to Boston Intolerable
4. The Townshend Act taxed imported goods like lead, tea, paper and glass.
5. The name given to colonists who sided with King George and Great Britain Loyalist.
6. The act of pouring burning hot tar on bare skin and then placing feathers on the tar as an added humiliation
was a common way to threaten British government employees in the colonies. This illegal attack was known as
Tar and Feathering
7. Crispus Attucks was a colonist who was shot and killed instantly by two bullets when British soldiers fired
into a crowd. This event was called the Boston Massacre a name given by Samuel Adams.
8. The Sons of Liberty protested British acts, often with violence.
Part II. Answer the following questions using complete statements and your Cornell notes.
1. Why was King George and Parliament taxing the American colonies as?
The King and Parliament viewed the colonies as a source of funds.
2. What did the Proclamation of 1763 prohibit colonists from doing?
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
3. Explain using evidence from your Cornell notes what occurred during the Boston Massacre?
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob,
throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed.
4. Explain “No Taxation without Representation,” in your own words.
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Colonists aren’t willing to pay the taxes without having a say so in the government.
5. What did Sam Adams and the Son’s of Liberty do to intimidate the tax collectors?
Some strategies used by Sam Adams and the Son’s of Liberty were:
1.
Hung a doll outside of their house=effigy
2.
Broke all his windows/ “Andrew Oliver Treatment”
3.
Chopped off the head of the doll and lit it on fire
6. List some ways the colonists tried to get out of paying the new taxes placed on
them by the king.
Some ways the British attempted to outsmart the new taxes placed on them were:
1. Boycotting, refusing to buy British goods
2. Smuggle, sneak products past the tax collectors
7. Why did the British continue to enforce the Tea Tax? What was the colonists response to the continued Tea
Tax and the shipments of tea which were sent to Boston?
The British continued to enforce the Tea Tax to prove that Britain still had the power to tax the colonists.
The colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped the tea off of 3 trade ships into the Boston Harbor. This
incidence was known as, “The Boston Tea Party.”
8. What consequences did the colonists face after the Boston Tea Party?
The colonists faced the following after the Boston Tea Party:
- Closing of Boston Harbor
- Banned town meetings
-sent 4,000 British soldiers
-Took colonists right to vote for public officials away
9. How did the Intolerable Acts affect the colonists of Boston?
The Intolerable Acts affected the colonists of Boston’s economy. Stores closed and jobs disappeared.
10. Why do you believe the American colonists wanted to fight Great Britain?
-Colonists revolted because of Taxation without Representation
-Unfair treatment (ex. Proclamation of 1763, Boston Massacre, Intolerable Acts)
11. Explain ways the colonists protested against King George and Great Britain.
Methods of Protest:
-Tar and feather
-Boycott
-Tea Party
-effigies
-Continental Congress
1. How many original colonies were there? ____13___
2. The colonies were governed by ______the King of England________________________
3. Why did the British government tax the colonists? _Great Britain thought that the colonies should help pay for
expenses related to the protection of the colonies during the French and Indian War _____
4. What did the colonies have to pay? ____taxes on imported goods in order to control trade_______
5. The _______Stamp Act______ was the first direct tax that Great Britain put on the colonies.
6. What was the colonists rally cry after they were taxed? ____”no taxation without representation”___
7. What was the one item that England did not repeal the tax on? _______tea_______
8. What did the colonists do to rebel against the Tea Act? ___The colonist responded to the Tea Act by boycotting British
___
9. Where was the tea stored so that it would rot? ___Charleston, the tea was stored in a warehouse and not allowed to
be sold.__
10. What did England pass because they were angry over what happened in Boston? ___laws to punish Boston called
the Coercive Acts___
11. What did the colonists call the Coercive Acts? ___Intolerable Acts ____
12. What did the Intolerable Acts say? The laws closed the port of Boston so that goods could not be shipped in or out.
These acts also took the right to self-government away from the people of Massachusetts by dissolving their colonial
assembly___
13. Who sent a letter to the King of England? __The first continental Congress__
14. British troops heard that people were arming themselves in which two Massachusetts towns?
_______Lexington___________ and ______Concord______________