1. UNIT I – Foundations of American Government Day 1
Roots of Conflict
UNIT I – Foundations of American Government
Day 1

2. Every conflict has… 2 sides
Vested Interest – one side has a goal that it is interested in reaching
Challenge to Interest – the other side has put something in the way of the other’s goals
Think about your conflict examples, can all three of these items be found in each example?

3. 2 Sides
Who were the competing groups around the time that the idea of the United States began to form?

4. Vested Interest Who held the vested interest?
What were their goals that they wished to achieve?
How did they try to achieve these goals?

5. Challenge to Interest Who challenged the interest of Great Britain?
Why did they challenge the interests?
How did the challenge these interests?

6. Great Britain’s ACTions
What it did
Navigation Acts
Colonies were only to trade with England
Stamp Act
Tax on all paper products from documents to playing cards
Quartering Act
Forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers
Tea Act
Gave the British East India a monopoly on tea – this hurt colonial merchants
Townshend Acts
Taxed popular imported goods – tea, glass, fabric
Coercive Acts
Closed the Port of Boston and placed restrictions on the actions of colonists – was a reaction to the Boston Tea Party

7. Great Britain’s ACTions
Why didn’t the colonists like these laws?
Navigation Acts
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Tea Act
Townshend Acts
Coercive Acts

8. Great Britain’s ACTions
How did the colonists react to these laws?
Navigation Acts
Smuggled goods from other countries, getting them in more trouble with Great Britain
Stamp Act
Boycotted and held protests in many cities, they were able to get it repealed (taken away)
Quartering Act
Housed soldiers against their will
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party – Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and dumped millions of dollars of tea into the Boston Harbor
Townshend Acts
Boycotted goods – drank coffee, wore uncomfortable fabrics, did without as much as possible
Coercive Acts
Called Intolerable Acts by the colonists; One of the final straws that would lead to the Continental Congresses