Lesson 12 PA History

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?

• Keystone State
• Founding State
• Liberty State

What is the meaning of the term 'keystone' as it relates to Pennsylvania?

• It was the central colony that held the others together
• It was the first colony founded in the United States
• It was the capital of the original 13 colonies

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...

• Sell paint, tea and paper all over the world to help pay for it
• Place new taxes on the people who were living in the American colonies
• Wage war on the colonies until the colonists decided to pay all the money back to England

What is the definition of TAXES?

• Colonies political importance
• Money that is collected to help pay for services provided by the government
• Coming together

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

• They accepted the taxes and paid them without complaint
• They organized boycotts and protests against the taxes
• They negotiated with England to have the taxes reduced

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.

• True
• False

How did the COLONISTS view their relationship with England?

• As equals
• As children to parents
• As friends

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

• The taxes were too high and unfair
• The colonists believed they should have some say in what goods were to be taxed and for how much
• The taxes were used to pay for the French and Indian War

England felt very superior to the colonists and refused to listen to many of their concerns. What vocab word best describes this attitude the English had toward the Colonists?

• Congress
• Boycott
• Ethnocentric

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

• They invited the colonists to England
• They agreed to change the laws and remove the taxes on all items except for one
• They felt superior and ignored them