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C&E Goal 3 Part 2
My Civics and Economics cards.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the short term causes of the American Revolution? | Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, and the Battle of Lexington and Concord. |
| What was the Stamp Act? | An act that required colonists to pay for a stamp to be placed on all newspapers or legal documents. |
| What was the Boston Massacre? | An angry mob of colonists harassed a British guard resulting in 5 deaths of "innocent bystanders". |
| What was the Boston Tea Party? | American Colonists protested tea taxes by dressing up as Indians and dumping tea from the East India Company into Boston Harbor. |
| What were the Intolerable Acts? | A series of acts meant to punish Boston colonists for the Tea Party. They shut down Boston Harbor, enforced the Quartering Act, and imposed military rule. |