Birth of a Democratic Nation
Chapter 2.4
Essential Idea:
1. Until 1760, the British controlled the Americas _____________. This means that
they let the colonists manage their own _____________.
2. Once ________________________ took the throne, things began to change.
3. The British started practicing ____________________, which meant that they
wanted the colonies to _____________ more than they ________________. By
using the colonies for ____________ production, they wanted to have a trade
____________.
4. What made the colonists angry?
5. War between ______________ and _______________.
a. France and England had _________ wars, and eventually these wars
spilled over into ___________________________.
b. Since war was being fought on their own soil, many of the colonies
considered _____________.
c. _______________________- the plan to create a federal union for
common defense. (it was rejected)
6. ________________________________
a. This was a war between Great Britain and the _____________ and
______________________.
b. Great Britain won a lot of _____________. However, they were
concerned that _________________________ and the _____________
would fight over the land.
c. __________________________________ - this law meant that colonists
could not settle _________ of the Appalachian Mountains, which
made a lot of ______________ mad.
7. ______________________
a. The French and Indian War was _________________, and Britain was in
__________. To raise money to pay the debt, Britain started place
_________________ on the colonists.
b. ________________________________ - placed a high tax on
____________________ and _________________________.
i. To oppose the Stamp Act, the colonists formed an organization
known as the ________________________.
ii. The _______________________ met in New York City and sent a
declaration to ___________________ against the Stamp Act.
Parliament _____________ the Stamp Act.
c. ________________________ - forced colonists to give
_______________ and _____________ to British soldiers.
d. _______________________________ - passed the same day the Stamp
Act was repealed, this act said that _____________ could tax
_________________ they wanted.
e. ________________________ - one of these acts legalized the
______________________________, which meant that British officers
were free to ______________ colonists for smuggling.
i. This made things very ___________, and on March 5, 1775,
violence broke out. British soldiers in Boston fired into a
crowd, killing __________. This is known as the
______________________.
f. ________________________________ - this became a slogan for the
colonists. They believe that Parliament had no right to ________ them
because colonists had no _________________ in Parliament.
g. __________________ - this act took taxes off of ____________ tea!
(like a “reverse-tariff”). This meant that British could
______________ American tea.
h. __________________________ - colonists dressed up as Native
Americans and dumped ______ chests of British tea into
________________.
i. ____________________ - passed in response to the Boston Tea Party.
This restricted the ________________ of colonists. The colonists
called these acts the _________________________.
8. The colonies began sending _____________ (representatives) to Philadelphia to
discuss what to do about the ______________________.
9. First Continental Congress –
a. Demanded that King George III _______________ the colonists’ rights.
b. Planned to _____________ British goods more.
c. King George responded with ___________. Two battles took place in
_________________ and ________________. The battle in Concord was
referred to as the _______________________________.
10. Second Continental Congress –
a. Spent months debating whether or not to become _______________.
b. Thomas Paine wrote __________________________, which called for
_________________ independence.
c. In 1776, the Second Continental Congress decided to become
___________________. They asked ____________________ to write
the _______________________________.
11. The Declaration of Independence has _________ sections.
a. _____________ - explains ________ it was written.
b. __________________________________ - explains how a government
_________ function.
c. ____________________________ - lists the complaints against King
George III.
d. ________________________________ - declares independence from
_________________.