U.S. History Mini Assessment

The Fur Trading Colonies

The Bread-Basket Colonies

The Quaker Colonies

The Peaceful Colonies

The British are preparing to pass more taxes.

The troops are there to support colonial governments.

The troops are there to oppress (to keep someone in hardship; treat unjustly or unfairly) the colonists.

The British are preparing for another war with France.

King George III is unfit to rule over the British Empire and should be deposed.

Taxation without representation goes against the rights of Englishmen.

The colonists should pay their fair share of French and Indian War debts.

Colonists should be able to impose laws on the British.

to shape public opinion in favor of the Loyalist cause

to urge colonists to resist British taxation

to argue against the rights of Englishmen

to discourage colonists from boycotting British goods

New England

The Ohio River Valley

The Great Plains

Mississippi River

to lay the groundwork for American independence

to criticize British leadership during the French and Indian War

to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War

to express his belief in a unique American identity

Quakers

French

Spanish

English

They forced the colonists to house soldiers in their homes.

They denied the colonists' right to a trial by jury - colonial courts would be too biased.

They made smuggling tea from the Dutch illegal.

They placed new taxes on sugar.

It was imposed without their consent - no taxation without representation!

It only raises a small amount of revenue.

It makes paper goods too expensive.

It disrupts trade between the colonies.