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Causes of the American Revolution 1
People of the American Revolution 1
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Causes of the American Revolution 2
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Required colonists to provide food, drink, and housing to British soldiers stationed in their towns or villages.

What is the Quartering Act

100
A fight between British soldiers and colonists.... 5 colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre
100

Was chosen to lead the new American army and became the very first U.S. president

Who was George Washington

100

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Who was Thomas Jefferson

100

After what war did Britain start taxing the colonists to help pay back the war debt?

What is the French and Indian War

200

This act taxed sugar and molasses, and was strictly enforced

What is The Sugar Act

200
Allowed the East India Tea Company of Britain to sell tea in America at a cheap price. Made taxed tea even cheaper than smuggled tea. They were still upset and didn't buy the tea.
What is The Tea Act
200

Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses who said "give me liberty or give me death"

Who was Patrick Henry

200

Warned the minutemen the British were coming

Who was Paul Revere

200

An economic theory whose goal is building a state’s wealth and power by increasing exports (favorable balance of trade for mother country)

What is Mercantilism

300

Taxed anything on paper (newspapers, documents, playing cards)

What is The Stamp Act

300

Because of this event, Britain passed the Coercive/Intolerable acts

What is The Boston Tea Party

300

Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense, that told the colonist it was common sense for the colonist to separate themselves from British control

Who was Thomas Paine

300

The founder of the Sons of Liberty

Who was Samuel Adams

300

The British government drew a boundary line in the Appalachian Mountains and forbid colonists from settling the lands west of the line

What is the Proclamation of 1763

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Taxed tea, glass, lead, paints, and paper that the colonies imported. Also established the use of Writs of Assistance

What is The Townshend Act

400
The British learned that Patriots were storing gunpowder and cannons in Concord, Massachusetts. They sent soldiers to destroy the supplies.
What is The Battle of Lexington and Concord
400

The King of England

King George III

400

This man created the Join or Die cartoon

Ben Franklin

400

To break the law in a nonviolent way to shed light on an injustice in order to encourage change

What is Civil Disobedience

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This act was a punishment for Boston, Massachusetts and a warning to other colonies.

What is The Coercive/Intolerable Acts

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What was the first way the colonist were taxed?
What is The Sugar Act
500

This man defended the British soldiers accused of murder for the Boston Massacre

Who was John Adams

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Was a Virginia delegate at the Second Continental Congress who introduced the "Resolutions on Independence."

Who was Richard Henry Lee?

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Delegates or representatives, from each colony met in Philadelphia to discuss the Intolerable Acts.

What is The First Continental Congress