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Directions: Fill in each blank
with the word that best
completes the reading comprehension.
King
George III and his advisor Lord Townshend
needed to raise money to put into the dangerously low
British coffers. Money was being spent faster than it
could be brought in. There were wars to support. There
were government
buildings to be constructed. There was a royal lifestyle to be
maintained. The general (1) _______________________ of England
had no more money to give to the government. They were poor and getting
poorer. Many were sent to debtors' prison because they couldn't pay
their (2) _______________________ . There had to be a way to
bring (3) _______________________ to the treasury
without causing more hardship on the citizens of Britain.
After much discussion, the king and
Townshend came up with what they thought was a brilliant answer to their
problem. Great Britain held claim to a (4) _______________________
new area of land west across the Atlantic called America. Colonies had
been set up in the name of the king. Many of the new colonists were
natives of England, or their families had emigrated from England. The
English even sent soldiers to the colonies to help protect the colonists
from outside forces which might want to take over some of their
holdings. In the minds of the British, it was (5) _______________________
that the colonists owed England for their very livelihood. After all,
who sold them the supplies that they needed? And who bought the products
produced in the new world? The colonies were the perfect place to go for
needed cash. Taxing the very goods the colonists needed would be the
perfect way to raise the money.
After the Stamp Act, proposed by the
king and Townshend, was repealed in 1766, the British decided to tax
glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea that were shipped to the colonies.
The colonists were growing more and more dissatisfied with the taxes
being levied on them. They had no representatives in England. The taxes
were being levied without any input from them. That was (6) _______________________
without (7) _______________________ in their minds. A boycott
of all British goods was called for by the colonial leaders. They felt
that by (8) _______________________ to purchase British goods,
a strong message would be sent to the (9) _______________________
heads of state. It was their thinking that taking money out of the
pockets of British merchants would lead them to complain to the king. If
they complained loudly enough and long enough, the king would relent and
drop the tax. Their plan worked to the point that all of the taxes
except the one on tea were repealed in 1770. Something more had to be
done. They wanted to emphasize their point in a very public way. A plan
was conceived and put into motion.
In 1773, the Davison Newman Company
of London sent a ship loaded with tea to the harbor at Boston. Under the
cover of darkness, a group of colonists disguised themselves as Indians
and demanded (10) _______________________ to the ship carrying
the tea. They carried tomahawks that were used to break open the trunks
holding the tea. They dumped the tea into Boston Harbor, 342 trunks in
all. The disguises shielded the colonists from being identified, so the
British governor was unable to (11) _______________________
any of the culprits.
The British king and Parliament were
furious. This act of disobedience was not acceptable. It would be
followed by a set of rules placed on the colonists called the
Intolerable Acts. The (12) _______________________ was now
being set. The colonists were not going to accept the (13) _______________________
of their freedoms. The British were not going to accept the (14) _______________________ .
of the colonists. Both sides were digging their heels into the sand.
Something would (15) _______________________ have to give.
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Essay
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What would you do if your parents grounded you for breaking something in your home?
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How would you raise money to purchase something you needed for school?
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Fun with Words
Use the following syllables to fill in the blanks and form words. Cross off each syllable after you use it.
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Word Chop
Each word has been split into two parts. Put the word parts together and write each word below. Use each word part only once.
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