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Causes of the American Revolution 1
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Causes of the American Revolution 2
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The penalties for the Boston Tea Party

What is pay back for the tea and lost control of Massachusetts government.

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A fight between British soldiers and colonists.... 5 colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre
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Was chosen to lead the new American army and became the very first U.S. president

Who was George Washington

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This many people were killed in the Boston Massacre

What is 5

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

What is the French and Indian War

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This act taxed sugar and molasses, and was strictly enforced

What is The Sugar Act

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

Who was Patrick Henry

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Made an engraving of the Boston Massacre

Who was Paul Revere

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When they got rid of most of the taxes, they kept the tax on tea because of this

To keep up the right to tax the colonists

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

What is The Stamp Act

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Dozens of Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and boarded ships in Boston Harbor illegally. They threw the unwanted tea into the Harbor.
What is The Boston Tea Party
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The British were surprised at the colonists reaction to taxes becuase

What is they had just fought a war for them and wanted a little money back

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The founder of the Sons of Liberty

Who was Samuel Adams

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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

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The women of the colonies who organized their own boycott of English cloth

Who are the Daughters of Liberty?

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This person was given a signal from lanterns in a Church bell tower. "One if by land two if by sea..."

Paul Revere

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This was a problem for the colonists, who had no say in the rules against them

Taxation without representation

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To refuse to participate or buy something

What is boycott

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Parliament's reaction to the Boston Tea Party. Was a punishment for 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
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This is a how the situation was for the Natives after the French defeat to the British

What is a complete disaster.

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Was the fist person shot during the Boston Massacre
Who was Crispus Attucks
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Delegates or representatives, from each colony met in Philadelphia to discuss the Intolerable Acts.

What is The First Continental Congress