Colonial Dissatisfaction with England – USI 6a
Name ____________________________________________ Date ________________
Choose from the following Word Bank to complete the paragraphs below. All of the words will NOT
be used.
WORD BANK
American troops
cooperative
courts
control
taxes
English troops
western
governors
representation
bills
world power
legislatures
rebellious
eastern
raw
French & Indian War
printed
northern
English settlement
As England’s control of the colonies increased many Americans became
dissatisfied and ______________________. England wanted to be a
___________________________ and they needed to maintain their power over the
colonies. Also they needed money so they taxed the colonies to help pay the cost of
the ______________________________ and to help with keeping
___________________________ in the colonies. One such tax, the Stamp Act,
placed a tax on all ___________________________ material in the colonies.
The colonists were unhappy for many reasons. They resented the power of the
colonial ______________________________ and England’s strict control over their
colonial ______________________________. They opposed the
______________________________ they were required to pay and they especially
resented the fact that they had no ______________________________ in the
English Parliament. Other English laws also angered them. In the Proclamation of
1763 England outlawed the ______________________________ movement of
settlers.
USI 6a .