To Next Slide Differences Divide Britain and Its Colonies Chapter 7 20 Questions!

To Next Slide Who made laws for all the British people? British Parliament and the monarchs

To Next Slide What is the right to make your own laws? self-government

To Next Slide A government in which the people take part is a _________. democracy

To Next Slide Parliament ________ the Stamp Act when they heard about the anger of the colonist. This meant it was no longer a law. repealed

To Next Slide A ________ is a meeting of representatives who have the authority to make decisions. congress

To Next Slide 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.

To Next Slide Both the French and the British had Indian ______, or friends, in the war? allies

To Next Slide Another word for taxes o goods brought into the country is ______. tariff

To Next Slide Patrick Henry was charged with _____, because some Loyalist said he was working against the British government. ? treason

To Next Slide What did representatives do at the first meeting of Continental Congress? agreed to stop all trade with Britain

To Next Slide Many colonists believed there should be “no taxation without _______________”. representation

To Next Slide What is another word for Tories or the colonists that were loyal to the King? loyalists

To Next Slide What is another word for the colonists that were against the British? Patriots

To Next Slide What was the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence? to spread news about protests (they wrote letters to one another)

To Next Slide Why was the Sugar Act passed? Parliament decided that its colonies should help pay for the war

To Next Slide What did the Proclamation of 1763 make illegal? settling west of the Appalachians

To Next Slide Why did people begin settling in Tennessee in 1769? they thought that if they fought for land, they could settle it

To Next Slide 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.

To Next Slide Why were colonists angered by the stamp act? they had no part in the making of the law

To Next Slide The British ordered the colonists to _____, or pay for the housing of the British soldiers. quarter

To Next Slide Who was Crispus Attucks? an escaped slaved who was the first to die in the Boston massacre

To Next Slide What did the colonists boycott, or refuse to buy? British goods

To Next Slide Why did the Continental Congress meet? To decide what to do about the latest actions of the British government

To Next Slide Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary war fired? Lexington

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

To Next Slide ____________was an inventor and a scientist as well as a colonial leader. Benjamin Franklin

To Next Slide Fighters that could be ready in a minute to defend Massachusetts were called _____. Minutemen

To Next Slide In order to buy or do one thing, you often have to give up something else. What is this called? trade-off

To Next Slide What you give up in a trade-off is called the ________________. opportunity cost

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