Review of key events/causes of the American Revolution
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Mercantilism | Creates a favorable balance of trade for mother country "make the mother country rich"
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| Navigation Acts | Certain goods could only trade with England; certain goods must pass through England
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| French & Indian War | Conflict between France with Indian allies over the Ohio Valley and rest of French lands
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| Sugar Act | British taxed sugar, coffee, indigo, and molasses from anywhere but Britain; passed to raise money
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| Stamp Act | Stamps sold by British governmnent for all documents and paper products
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| Proclamation of 1763 | Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian mountains.
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| Boston Massacre | Group of British soldiers were being taunted by colonists. Shot was fired and soldiers open fired. Five colonists died.
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| Tea Act | Permitted British East India Company to send tea to the colonies without paying taxes, however colonists had to pay
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| Quartering Act | Required colonists to quarter (house and supply) British soldiers in their homes
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| Intolerable Acts | Boston Harbor closed; Canceled Massachusetts charter; Moved officials' trials to Britain; Allowed quartering of British troops in all colonies
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| Declaratory Act | Passed as a result of Stamp Act being repealed. Parliament had power to pass laws governing colonies in all cases
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| Townshend Acts | Duties on glass, lead, paper, tea; paid for military costs and salaries of colonial governors
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| Writs of Assistance | Special forms that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods (like a search warrant)
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| Boston Tea Party | Colonists dressed as Indians boarded English ships and dumped tea into the Harbor
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