2. Part 3 The Sparks of War (Chapters 11-15)

3. The Big Ideas Efforts to force the colonists into submission sparked a series of conflicts that paved the way to Lexington and Concord. Stiff-backed policies brought changes in the thinking of even moderate colonial leaders such as Pennsylvania’s John Dickinson. “Heaven itself hath made us free,” thundered Dickinson in 1768. Part 3 traces the events that provoked one of the most radical forms of political conflict-revolution.

4. Chapter 11 A Taxing King (pp.50-55)

5. Chapter 11 The British tried to raise revenues by taxing stamps and tea. Instead of paying up, colonists sent the British a message:

6. Terms to define: minister Prime Minister peevish mongrel American Revolution Stamp Act repealed Boston Tea Party Haudenosaunee

7. minister Government officials are sometimes called ministers.

8. Prime Minister England’s Prime Minister is the leader of the country’s government.

9. peevish Irritable.

10. mongrel A mongrel is a dog that is a mixture of breeds – a mutt.

11. American Revolution War of Independence

12. Stamp Act The colonists were supposed to buy a British stamp for every piece of printed paper they used.

13. repealed re·peal 1. To revoke or rescind, especially by an official or formal act. Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Source

14. Boston Tea Party They dressed up like Indians and climbed aboard a ship in Boston harbor and threw a whole load of good English tea into the ocean.

15. Haudenosaunee Haudenosaunee is the name of the parliament of the Iroquois.