UNIT I – Foundations of American Government Day 1 Roots of Conflict UNIT I – Foundations of American Government Day 1

Every conflict has… 2 sides Vested Interest – one side has a goal that it is interested in reaching Challenge to Interest – the other side has put something in the way of the other’s goals Think about your conflict examples, can all three of these items be found in each example?

2 Sides Who were the competing groups around the time that the idea of the United States began to form?

Vested Interest Who held the vested interest? What were their goals that they wished to achieve? How did they try to achieve these goals?

Challenge to Interest Who challenged the interest of Great Britain? Why did they challenge the interests? How did the challenge these interests?

Great Britain’s ACTions What it did Navigation Acts Colonies were only to trade with England Stamp Act Tax on all paper products from documents to playing cards Quartering Act Forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers Tea Act Gave the British East India a monopoly on tea – this hurt colonial merchants Townshend Acts Taxed popular imported goods – tea, glass, fabric Coercive Acts Closed the Port of Boston and placed restrictions on the actions of colonists – was a reaction to the Boston Tea Party

Great Britain’s ACTions Why didn’t the colonists like these laws? Navigation Acts Stamp Act Quartering Act Tea Act Townshend Acts Coercive Acts

Great Britain’s ACTions How did the colonists react to these laws? Navigation Acts Smuggled goods from other countries, getting them in more trouble with Great Britain Stamp Act Boycotted and held protests in many cities, they were able to get it repealed (taken away) Quartering Act Housed soldiers against their will Tea Act Boston Tea Party – Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and dumped millions of dollars of tea into the Boston Harbor Townshend Acts Boycotted goods – drank coffee, wore uncomfortable fabrics, did without as much as possible Coercive Acts Called Intolerable Acts by the colonists; One of the final straws that would lead to the Continental Congresses