Unit 1 American History

A system in which the trade of a colony is carefully controlled by it's Mother country to gain wealth for the Mother Country.

• Navigationalism
• Sectionalism
• Mercantilism
• Ssocialism

A war for independence fought by the American Colonies Versus Britain

• The War of 1812
• American Revolution
• The French and Indian War
• The Civil War

Tax placed on paper goods used by the colonist by England in order to raise money.

• Stamp Act
• Townsend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Intolerable Act

This Act passed by Parliament and imposed on the colonist attempted to raise money for England by taxing Glass lead Paper and Tea.

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Coercive Acts
• Townsend Acts

Tax placed on Tea sent by England to the colonies.

• Paper Act
• Tea Act
• Townsend Act
• Coercive Act

This Act was called the coercive Act by the British because they were aimed at forcing the colonist to comply with the King. The Act closed Boston Harbor,dismissed the Charter of Boston, forced colonist to quarter soldiers and established a British General (Gage) as governor of Massachusetts.

• Stamp Act
• Townsend Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Proclamation of 1763

Author of the pamphlet "Common Sense". It gave common sense reasons that America should break away from England.

• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• James Monroe

Colonist that supported the cause of independence from England.

• Patroits
• Loyalist

The American leader referred to as "The father of our country."

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Handcock

Colonist who supported the King and did not want to break from England.

• Patroits
• Loyalist