A NEW NATION BEGINS TO GROW

Section 1The Proclamation of 1763

A. Colonists

Great numbers settles in the Ohio Valley.

B. Chief Pontiac and the Ottawa Tribe

Organized several tribes and attacked Colonial Forts.

C. Proclamation of 1763

King George signed to avoid further trouble with American Indians.

Ordered all settlers to leave the Ohio Valley.

Colonists were opposed to the new law.

D. Taxation Without Representation

Parliament wanted to tax the colonies in exchange for protection from all enemies.

Vocabulary

Parliament- The government of Great Britain.

E. The Sugar Act

Passed in 1764. Taxed sugar, clothes, and any other

goods from any place other than Great Britain.

F. The Currency Act

Passed in 1764. Made it illegal for the colonies to print

their own money.

Vocabulary

Currency- Printed money.

G. The Quartering Act

Passed in 1765. Demanded that colonies provide

housing and goods for all British soldiers in America.

H. The Stamp Act

Passed in 1765; enabling the British government to tax all legal and business papers used in America.

Colonists tried to force its removal by boycotting all British goods.

Parliament repealed the tax in 1766.

Vocabulary

Legal- Having to do with law.Boycott- To refuse to do something.Repeal- To remove a law.

I. Declaratory Act

Stated that Great Britain had control over the colonies in all cases.

Vocabulary

Tolerate- To allow something to happen.Relationship- Two or more things

connected in some way.Tar and Feather- To cover a person with tar

and then feathers to punish them.

Write down 3 things you would consider unfair from the video.

Section 2The Townshend Acts

A. Charles Townshend

Was appointed Minister of Finance for Great Britain in 1766.

Vocabulary

Finance- Having to do with money. Revenue- Money gained from something.

B. The Townshend Acts

Passed in 1767. New taxes were placed on goods

important to settlers. Colonists boycotted British goods.

C. Samuel Adams

Led the Sons of Liberty in protest against The Stamp Act.

D. Boston Massacre

Started when a crowd of colonists threw stones and snowballs at soldiers.

Crispus Attucks was the first to fall when the soldiers fired.

All of the Townshend Acts were repealed except the tax on tea.

E. Strict British Rule

Colonists lost much of their earlier freedom.

Committees wrote strong statements of American rights and complaints, which were given out to all colonies.

King George III looked upon the colonies as weak.

List 3 important fact about the Boston Massacre from the video.

Section 3East India Trading Company

A. British Tea Tax

East India Trading Company had to pay a tax to Great Britain before shipping tea to other places.

Frederick North wanted to force the colonies to pay a duty on tea.

Colonists refused to pay a duty.

Vocabulary

Duty- A tax placed on certain goods brought into a certain place.

Frederick North- Great Britain’s prime minister.

Prime Minister- Head of parliament.

B. Boston Tea Party

On December 16, 1773, colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded a ship carrying tea.

300 chests containing 90,000 pounds of tea were dumped into the harbor.

The British responded by passing the Intolerable Acts and the Quebec Acts.

Vocabulary

Intolerable Acts- Laws that closed port of Boston, banned town meetings, made people house British troops in homes.

Quebec Acts- Made Ohio Valley part of Quebec, a Canadian province controlled by Great Britain.

Province- A part of a country.

List 3 facts you learned about The Boston Tea Party from the video.

Section 4The First Continental Congress: 1774

A. Convention in Philadelphia

The meeting was called the Continental Congress because the British referred to Americans as Continentals.

Vocabulary

Convention- A formal meeting held for a special purpose.

B. Delegates

Were elected for all colonies except Georgia.

Debated for seven weeks starting in September of 1774.

Agreed to adopt a Declaration of Rights and to boycott British goods.

Vocabulary

Delegate- A person who represents an area or group of people.

C. The King and Parliament

Became furious and threatened the colonies.

D. Lexington and Concord

Minutemen agreed to gather a minute’s notice and become soldiers.

British planned to seize all military supplies and capture the gunpowder supply at Concord.

Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott warned colonists on horseback.

Shots fired on April 18, 1775, were later described as the shots heard around the world.

Vocabulary

Minutemen- a group of men trained to be soldiers and who agreed to meet at a minute’s notice.

Patriot- Someone who loves his or her country.

List 3 facts from the video about the First Continental Congress.

Complete the worksheet while you watch the video.