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What did the English government begin to do to the colonists in America to upset them after the French and Indian War. | The English began to tax the colonists |
Boston Harbor was closed by the British government after this event where colonists dressed like Native Americans and threw tea into the harbor. | The Boston Tea Party |
Which group thought that passing the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts on the American colonists would restore order in the American colonies? | The British government |
What was the name of the trade route between Africa, the Americas, and Europe during colonial times? | The Triangular Trade Route |
What was traded from Africa to the Americas on the Triangular Trade Route? | Slaves |
Because colonists were being taxed by the British government while not having representation in Parliament, this became the slogan spread around the colonies by colonists like Samuel Adams and James Otis. | "No Taxation Without Representation" |
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution and was the point in the war where Holland, Spain, and France gave their support to the Patriots | Battle of Saratoga |
Because the British believed the American had become to expensive to continue, the British entered into peace talks with Americans and signed this treaty to end the American Revolution. | The Treaty of Paris |
This idea for American government came from the ancient Greeks. | Democracy |
Government by the people" is a fundamental idea supported by which two early American documents? | Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence |