Causes of the A.R. (1)
The Boston Tea Party incident was a response to this act.
What was, the Tea Act?
This person decided to form the original 13 colonies.
Who was, Queen Elizabeth I?
This act made it so British soldiers could occupy buildings of the colonists when they were staying anywhere in the 13 colonies.
What was, the Quartering Act?
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The main number of important battles to know about, during the American Revolution.
What is, Four?
This was a political group dedicated to fighting British taxes and trade restrictions.
Who were, the Sons (and Daughters) of Liberty?
This gruesome punishment was sometimes done to British Loyalists by the angry colonists.
What was, tar & feathering?
This person controlled everything the colonists did from England, without fair representation to them.
Who was, King George III?
This Intolerable Act closed the Port of Boston until East India Company's tea was paid for.
What was, the Boston Port Act?
This battle was considered a turning point for the Americans due to France’s support.
Which was, the battle of Saratoga?
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This Treaty officially ended the war of the American Revolution.
What was, the Treaty of Paris?
This was created to reduce taxes on molasses, but ship captains had to keep detailed lists of cargo items.
What was, the Sugar Act?
This person helped draft the Declaration of Independence into what it is today.
Who was, Benjamin Franklin?
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This act was created to raise more money for the British Empire by placing a ______ on items brought and sold.
What was, the Stamp Act?
The British won this battle against the colonists, but the British also suffered many deaths from it.
This system controlled trade within the British Empire. (Colonies giving almost all their resources to England.)
What is, Mercantilism?
This act made French language & Roman Catholicism official in a British colony.
What was, the Quebec Act?
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This person was named commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Who was, George Washington?
This tax was created in 1767 - and colonists had to pay more for paper, paint, glass, silk, lead, and tea.
What was, the Townshend Act?
This battle led to the decisive victory by Americans & French leading to the surrender of the British.
Which was, the battle of Yorktown?
This document finally established a government system for America.
What is, the Declaration of Independence?
(The U.S. Constitution also accepted.)
This measure (created by King George III) was meant to keep Americans out of settlements to prevent them from expanding west-ward.
What was, Land Speculation & Ohio Valley?
This person signed the Declaration of Independence and making it official.
Who was, John Hancock?
This was created after the news of the Boston Tea Party made its way to England, and was used to punish the patriotic colonists.
What were, the Intolerable Acts?
This battle if famously known for having it's first shot that was - "The Shot Heard Around the World."
Which was, the battle of Lexington?
(And Concord)
This agreement was meant to keep Americans out of the Ohio Valley Region & provided land reserved for Indigenous groups issued by King George III.
What was, the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
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