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What was The French and Indian War?
The war between the French and Indians vs the British and colonists.
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An act of rebellion against British rule?
The Boston Tea Party
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What was the first unpopular tax?
The Stamp Act
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Who needed a tutor yet was still a ruler?
King George III
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Where did the "shot heard round the world" happen?
Lexington
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What is the Stamp Act?
They were the first taxes made by Parliament to be paid back by the colonists.
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What happened to British tax collectors?
They were hanged in effigy and tarred and feathered.
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What was Britain's answer to "taxation without representation"?
Virtual representation
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Who was a smuggler and proud of it?
John Hancock
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What was the British legislature?
Parliament
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What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Wouldn't allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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What were the Committees of Correspondence?
The groups of colonists who exchanged ideas through writing letters and essays.
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What event forced the British to install the Intolerable Acts?
The Boston Tea Party
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Who was the leader of a famous party aboard ship?
Samuel Adams
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What city was the "hotbed" of patriotism and rebellion?
Boston
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Which document and author encouraged colonists to rebel?
Commonsense by Thomas Paine
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What document stated "All men are created equal..."
Declaration of Independence
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How did the British try to stop colonists from receiving non-British goods?
What was the nonimportation agreement?
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Who was one of the most unpopular British leaders (other than the king)?
Grenville
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Paul Revere's ride traveled between what two towns?
Lexington and Concord
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What group did Thomas Jefferson feel power in a government should come from?
The people
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What country did the rebelling colonies form an alliance with during the war?
France
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What is salutory neglect?
How the British treated the colonies before the French and Indian War.
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Who wanted to get very rich from selling land located on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains?
George Washington
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What battle was the turning point in favor of the colonists during the Revolution?
Battle of Saratoga