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Cause of Amer.Revo

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Battle of Lexington/Concord First Battle of the revolutionary war adn the place of the "shot heard round the world"
Boston Massacre The first bloodshed of the amer. revolution, as British guards killed 5 americans
Boston Tea Party protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
Coercive Acts British laws to punish colonists for Tea party
First Continental Congress Sept. 1774;delegates from twelve colonies sent reps to Phillyto discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts
French and Indian War 1754 Brit/France both want control of N. American colonies
mercantilism theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys-
Molasses Act intended to end colonial trade with French West Indies;colonists smuggled and bribed
Navigation Act tightened control of colonial trade;can only trade GB
Sons of Liberty Secret society formed to protest new taxes passed by parliment
Stamp Act law that requires colonist to pay a tax on newspapers, legal doc, playing cards
Sugar Act taxes on molasses and sugar
Tea Act British East Tea Co lowers their tea cost; led to Boston Tea Party
Townsend Act taxes on glass, paper, lead, tea
Writs of Assistance enabled officers to search homes for good that might be smuggled.
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