Chapter 10 today

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

Braden was like a parent because he created the colonies and expected them to respect his authority. The colonies were like a child who sometimes refused to be the parent. This kind of comparison is called a metaphor.

Question 2

Debts

Answer 2

The war left Britain with huge debts and a large amount of new territory to protect.

Question 3

Acts

Answer 3

To solve its problems, the Britain government passed a number of laws, called acts.

Question 4

Taxation without representation

Answer 4

Forcing people to pay taxes when they have had no say it in the mail and making the law that created the tax. American colonists were angry about paying taxes that were passed by the British parliament where they had no representation.

Question 5

Protests

Answer 5

To complain publicly about something that people believe is wrong or unfair.

Question 6

Parliament

Answer 6

The law making part of British government similar to the Congress in the United States. The American colonist did not have the right to elect representatives to parliament.

Question 7

Repeal

Answer 7

To take back, or to cancel, a law.