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Causes of Amer. Rev.
(Mooresville) Causes of American Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| War between England and France for territory in the Americas. | French and Indian War |
| Won the French and Indian War, gaining all land east of the Mississippi River | England |
| British law that prohibited the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Act that placed a tax on all paper products in the Americas. Colonists boycotted it and it was repealed by the British. | Stamp Act |
| Colonial group that led revolts and boycotts in the Americas | Sons of Liberty |
| Conflict that took place in Boston between the colonists and the British troops. Resulted in less than 10 deaths, but exaggerated by leaders of the revolution. | Boston Massacre |
| Tax on tea that gave a British company a monopoly on the tea industry in the Americas. | Tea Act |
| Event where American revolutionaries dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. | Boston Tea Party |
| British act that closed the Boston Harbor and increased England's power as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. | Coercive Acts |
| What the colonists called the Coercive Acts | Intolerable Acts |
| Locations where the colonists attacked British troops trying to confiscate their weapons before the war actually began. | Lexington and Concord |
| Battle before the war began that proved the Americans could stand up to the British. The Americans retreated only after their ammunition supplies ran too low. | Bunker Hill |