Guided Reading Activity Origins of American Government lesson 2 answer key
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Guided Reading Activity
Origins of American Government
Lesson 2
Uniting for Independence
Review
Questions
Directions:
Read the lesson and complete the outline below. Refer to your text to fill in the blanks.
I.
The Colonies on Their Own
A.
In the eyes of the British crown, the American colonies existed for the economic
benefit of
Great Britain.
B.
Fighting the French and Indian
War was expensive, and Britain expected the colonies to help pay off
the resulting debt.
C.
The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed the first Direct
tax on the colonists.
D.
As Britain’s Revenue
, or money collected from taxing the colonies, increased, so did colonial
resentment.
E.
British policies spurred colonial
Unity
as colonists began to work together to take political
action against perceived British oppression.
F.
Committees of
correspondence
formed a communication network to keep colonists in touch with each
other and to urge resistance to the British.