Vocabulary worksheet
Directions: Use the reading you read for Chapter 2 : The Economic Causes of the American Revolution to complete the following vocabulary definitions. There is a Word Bank at the top to help you!
WORD BANK
economy debt impose independence French and Indian War
colony Appalachian Divide Treaty of Paris Proclamation of 1763
1. Great Britain had spent a lot of money in the costly French and Indian War. They were now in ___________________. In order to help this, Parliament decided it was reasonable to tax the American Colonies.
2. Parliament decided to ____________________ taxes on the American Colonies, forcing upon the Colonies new taxes that specific acts, such as the Stamp Act or Sugar Act, would bring.
3. The ________________________ refers to the money and business aspect of a nation. It deals with a countries' wealth and the production and consumption of goods and services.
4. The ___________________________________ forbade any American Colonists to settle passed the Appalachian Divide. It forbade travel, trade, and settling past a certain line "drawn" in the Appalachian Mountains.
5. When the __________________________ was signed in 1763 between the British and the French, it ended the French and Indian War.
6. _________________________ is the desire to self-govern and be in control of your own country.
7. The _______________________________ was the line "drawn" by the British in the Proclamation of 1763, forbidding any settlers to cross it for any trade or migration reasons.
8. The ________________________________________ took place between 1756 and 1763. It was fought between Great Britain and it's American Colonies (and some Indian tribes) against the French and their allied Indian tribes. It was ended by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
WORD BANK
economy debt impose independence French and Indian War
colony Appalachian Divide Treaty of Paris Proclamation of 1763
1. Great Britain had spent a lot of money in the costly French and Indian War. They were now in ___________________. In order to help this, Parliament decided it was reasonable to tax the American Colonies.
2. Parliament decided to ____________________ taxes on the American Colonies, forcing upon the Colonies new taxes that specific acts, such as the Stamp Act or Sugar Act, would bring.
3. The ________________________ refers to the money and business aspect of a nation. It deals with a countries' wealth and the production and consumption of goods and services.
4. The ___________________________________ forbade any American Colonists to settle passed the Appalachian Divide. It forbade travel, trade, and settling past a certain line "drawn" in the Appalachian Mountains.
5. When the __________________________ was signed in 1763 between the British and the French, it ended the French and Indian War.
6. _________________________ is the desire to self-govern and be in control of your own country.
7. The _______________________________ was the line "drawn" by the British in the Proclamation of 1763, forbidding any settlers to cross it for any trade or migration reasons.
8. The ________________________________________ took place between 1756 and 1763. It was fought between Great Britain and it's American Colonies (and some Indian tribes) against the French and their allied Indian tribes. It was ended by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.