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Amer. Rev. Causes
reasons for revolutionary war
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| irritants | 1. americans forced to take british criminals into their homes 2. north wants to stop slave trade 3. royal governors look down on colonists |
| british debt | -french and indian war costs -troops needed to stay in america to protect against indians -TAXES will pay for this |
| proclamation act | -colonists cant move west of appalachian -colonist acknowledged indians lived there and did not want to start conflict |
| sugar act | tax on sugar, textiles, coffee, wine |
| currency act | colonists could not make money |
| stamp act | tax on all legal documents |
| quartering act | colonists house and feed british troops |
| townsend act | tax on imported goods most importantly TEA!!! |
| boston massacre | -5 americans killed after harrassment -john adams represents soldiers -propaganda wins out (media) -paul revere paints picture of this |
| sons of liberty | -group that protested british rule -burned governors homes -tar and feathered tax collectors -led boycotts |
| boston tea party | sons of liberty dump tea in the harbor in response to tax on tea |
| intolerable acts | -closed port of boston -took away the power of self-government in Mass. |
| common sense | -written by thomas paine -spoke of america's need to be rid of britain |
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