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The American Colonies and Their Government

Lesson 3 Disagreements with Great Britain

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

? Why do people create, structure, and change governments?

Social and Political Changes in the Colonies

1. Summarizing As you read, complete the time line below. Include details about colonial expansion westward and its effects on foreign conflicts.

1750s

1754

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1763

2. Explaining How did the outcome of the French and Indian war affect the colonists? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

Colonial Dissatisfaction Grows

3. Analyzing Why did the Tea Act anger the colonists? Explain how the tax on tea affected merchants and their customers. _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

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NAME _____________________________________________ CLASS ________________ DATE _____________

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The American Colonies and Their Government

Steps Toward Independence

4. Organizing As you read, complete the chart below. Show the outcomes of events that led colonists to consider independence from Great Britain.

Event

First Continental Congress meets in 1774

Outcome

Second Continental Congress meets in 1775

Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense in 1776

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5. Analyzing How did the ideas of John Locke and other great thinkers contribute to the Declaration of Independence? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

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