Lesson 12 PA History

Front

Pennsylvania has two nicknames. Quaker State for William Penn's religion and _____________ _____________ that is related to its strategic geographic location among the 13 original colonies?

Back

Keystone State

Front

Keystone (as it relates to Pennsylvania)

Back

It was the central colony that held the others together

Front

The French and Indian War in the 1750s - 1760s cost the English government a lot of money. To help pay for this war, England’s government decided to...

Back

Place new taxes on the people who were living in the American colonies

Front

How did the colonies' leaders respond to England's new taxes in the 1760s and 1770s?

Back

They organized boycotts and protests against the taxes.

Front

True or False: Before the 1760’s, the thirteen American colonies were united with one another and agreed on everything the colonists wanted and needed.

Back

False

Front

How did the COLONISTS view their relationship with England?

Back

As equals

Front

Why did the colonists become angry about when the new taxes were placed on them by England?

Back

The colonists believed they should have some say in what goods were to be taxed and for how much

Front

What vocab word best describes England's superior attitude toward the Colonists?

Back

Ethnocentric

Front

What did the leaders in England's government eventually do when they saw the colonists' reaction to the taxes?

Back

They agreed to change the laws and remove the taxes on all items except for one.

Front

What significant event took place in Philadelphia in September 1774?

Back

The First Continental Congress