Causes of he American Revolution
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| What are two other names for the American Revoulution? | The Revolutionary War and the War for Independence
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| Why was the French and Indian War a major cause of the Revolutionary War? | Britain spent a lot of $ providing soldiers for the colonists and after the war the King wanted the colonists to help pay for it.
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| Where did the first battles take place? | Lexington and Concord
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| How did the war end? | Treaty of Paris in 1783
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| What did the Proclamation of 1763 state? | The colonists couldn't move west of the Appalachian Mountains
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| Why did the King of Britain issue the Proclamation of 1763? | He did not want the Native Americans to start any new wars.
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| How did the colonists feel about the Proclamation of 1763? | They were upset because they wanted to move west and settle new lands.
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| In order to help pay for the war, what did the King of Britain force the colonists to do? | Make the colonists pay taxes, for example the Stamp Act and Sugar Act.
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| What was the Quartering Act? | Forced the colonists to take care of the British soldiers by housing and feeding them.
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| What does no taxation without representation mean? | The colonists felt they couldn't be taxed if they were able to represent themselves in Parliment.
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| What were colonists who wanted to break free of Britain called? | Patriots
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| What were colonists who wanted to remain loyal to Britain called? | Loyalists
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| How many patriots were killed in the Boston Massacre? | 5
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| Why was the Boston Massacre called a massacre? | Because the Redcoats had guns and the Patriots didn't.
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| Who did the Patriots dress as during the Boston Tea Party? | Indians
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| How many crates were dumped into the Boston Harbor? | 342
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| What did Ben Franklin's "Join or Die" cartoon mean? | He thought that the colonies needed to work together to defeat Britain.
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