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Differences Divide Britain and Its Colonies

Chapter 7

20 Questions!

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Who made laws for all the British people?

British Parliament and the monarchs

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What is the right to make your own laws?

self-government

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A government in which the people take part is a

_________.

democracy

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Parliament ________ the Stamp Act when they

heard about the anger of the colonist. This meant

it was no longer a law.

repealed

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A ________ is a meeting of representatives who have the authority to

make decisions.

congress

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How did the life of the colonist change after the French and Indian War?

They had to pay more taxes, governors are given more

authority, and they were told not to settle the western lands.

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Both the French and the British had Indian ______,

or friends, in the war?

allies

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Another word for taxes o goods brought into the

country is ______.

tariff

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Patrick Henry was charged with _____, because some

Loyalist said he was working against the British

government. ?

treason

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What did representatives do at the first meeting of Continental Congress?

agreed to stop all trade with Britain

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Many colonists believed there should be “no

taxation without _______________”.

representation

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What is another word for Tories or the colonists that were loyal to the

King?

loyalists

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What is another word for the colonists that were

against the British?

Patriots

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What was the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?

to spread news about protests (they wrote

letters to one another)

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Why was the Sugar Act passed?

Parliament decided that its colonies should help

pay for the war

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What did the Proclamation of 1763

make illegal?

settling west of the Appalachians

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Why did people begin settling in Tennessee in

1769?

they thought that if they fought for land, they could settle it

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Was the Boston Massacre really a massacre?

No, because a massacre means the killing of a number of

people that cannot defend themselves. Only 5 colonist

were killed that day.

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Why were colonists angered by the stamp

act?

they had no part in the making of the law

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The British ordered the colonists to _____, or pay

for the housing of the British soldiers.

quarter

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Who was Crispus Attucks?

an escaped slaved who was the first to die in the Boston massacre

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What did the colonists boycott, or refuse to buy?

British goods

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Why did the Continental Congress meet?

To decide what to do about the latest actions

of the British government

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Where were the first shots of the

Revolutionary war fired?

Lexington

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To the colonist, _______ meant the freedom to make their own laws.

liberty

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____________was an inventor and a scientist

as well as a colonial leader.

Benjamin Franklin

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Fighters that could be ready in a minute to

defend Massachusetts were called _____.

Minutemen

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In order to buy or do one thing, you often have to give up something else.

What is this called?

trade-off

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What you give up in a trade-off is called the ________________.

opportunity cost

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That’s All!

Keep Sharp Minds!