Tensions with Britain

The victory of Great Britain over France was both a good thing and a bad thing for the colonists.

Explain this sentence with historic details which support the sentence.

Place each idea under the right column.

Groups:

(a) Cause

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(b) consequence

• 2•The British had spent a lot of money.

• 2• The British kingdom had acquired a lot of new land in America.

• The area was bigger and it needed more soldiers to defend it.

• The British needed a lot of money to pay all those soldiers.

• The British King had to defend colonies living in a bigger land.

• 1• The British monarchy had fought a war against France in the American territories

Which was an easy way to raise money to cover debts and to pay for added needs?

• Setting more taxes.

• Selling American land to France or to other countries.

• Selling colonies to private companies such as the Virginia Company.

• Selling people who would not have enough money to pay taxes as slaves.

Who had the power of deciding whether or not to tax the colonies?

• The King

• The British Parliament.

• The Parliament in the colonies.

• People in the Agorà.

Had the colonists a say in setting new taxes?

• Yes. The king asked them to state their opinion in letters he would read when the Parliament met.

• Yes. As citizens of England they had representatives in the British parliament.

• No. Even though they were citizen of England, they had no right to be represented at the British parliament.

• No. As they were all slaves of the King, they were not entitles to their own opinion,

What was passed in 1765?

• The Tea act.

• The cloth act.

• THe Indian act.

• The Stamp Act

What was taxed with the Stamp Act?

How did the American colonists reacted to the Stamp Act.

• They thanked the King for setting that particular tax.

• They didn't like being taxed but they paid for it nevertheless.

• They protested against the tax.

On what basis did the colonists react the way they did?

Match the following words and their meaning

• a formal meeting

• boycott

• a lot of people won't buy something

• congress

• cancel

• repeal

• life-sized puppet

• effigy