Governing the Colonies

What caused the French and Indian War?

• the colonists moved into French territory

• the colonists broke a trade agreement with France

• the British king wanted to control all of North America

• the French tried to take over the land settled by the colonists

The colonists thought they could move into new lands but the king didn't want to start another war after the French and Indian War. Therefore, he issued the

• pamphlet called Common Sense

• Declaration of Land

• Proclamation of 1763

• writs of assistance

The _________________ inspired the colonists to want more freedoms.

• Mayflower Compact

• Enlightenment

• war with France

• British king

The British action of _______________ encouraged the American colonies to self-govern by creating their own laws and selecting their own leaders because the British government chose to ignore the colonies for a long period of time.

• salutary neglect

• Parliament

• the Proclamation

• oppression

The colonists believed that they should continue to be protected by the _________________ because they still considered themselves British citizens.

• Mayflower Compact

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

The British government place taxes on the colonists to help pay for the _____________ after the French and Indian War.

• imported tea

• war debt

• building of home

• British army

The British practice of salutary neglect encouraged the colonies to move toward independence by allowing the development of _____________________ in the colonies.

• federalism

• self-government

• anarchy

• religious freedom

The king passed the Stamp Act to help pay for the war debt from the ______________.

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• British Colonial War

The colonists protested the Stamp Act by _____________, or not purchasing, British goods.

• destroying

• stealing

• boycotting

• repealing

The Townshend Acts allowed the British government to try and stop the colonists from smuggling stolen goods. This Act issued the ______________ that allowed soldiers to search homes at any time.

• Proclamation of 1763

• writs of assistance

• Stamp Act

• Coercive Acts