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causes of the AR
Causes of the american revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This act was put into place because Great Britain was in debt from the French and Indian War? | Stamp Act |
| What was taxed in the Stamp Act? | Any paper product |
| What Act was put in place taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea? | Townshend acts |
| Which act were the colonists mad about that lead to the Boston Massacre? | Townshend Acts |
| What was the Boston Massacre? | The killing of five people by the British soldiers. |
| What was the stamp act congress? | 9 colonies met to oppose the Stamp Act and asked Parliament to repeal (end) the act |
| What was the Writs of assistance? | Allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods. Blank search warrant |
| When were the townshend acts repealed? | The Townshend Acts were not repealed until after the Boston Massacre to ease the tension between the colonies and the British |
| What was the Tea Act? | Created a monopoly for the East India Company on the tea market so the price of tea went up |
| What did the colonists do as a result of the tea act? | The Boston Tea Party |
| What was the Boston Tea Party? | The Boston Tea Party was the boarding of three ships by Samuel Adams and his group, The Sons Of Liberty, and dumping 342 chests of tea overboard. |
| What acts came in as punishment for the Boston Tea Party? | The Coercive Acts |
| What did the Coercive acts do? | 1.Boston harbor is closed 2.Closes down the Massachusetts legislature 3.The direct result of the boston massacre 4.Any british official charged with a crime will be tried in England 5.British forced the colonists to house and feed British soldiers |
| What was the first continental congress? | The gathering of delegates of 12 colonies |
| Which colony did not send delegates? | Georgia |
| What is the battle of Lexington and Concord? | The British marched through lexington, won a battle there, to concord and found the supplies they were looking for hidden. The colonists won the battle at concord and made attacks on the British as they marched back. |
| What was the Second Continental Congress? | They decided to make a continental army and George Washington would be the supreme leader. They authorized the printing of money to pay for supplies. They form a committee to ask other countries for help. They put in an olive branch petition. |
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