Causes of the American Revolution
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| Two reasons why England needed to raise revenue after the French and Indian War. | (1) To pay the debt from the war. (2) To pay to keep the Army in America.
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| What is the name of England's legislature. | Parliament
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| Legislature | makes laws
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| England's Prime Minister at the end of the French and Indian war? | George Grenville
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| First Act to raise money in the Colonies? | The Sugar Act
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| How did the British punish smugglers? | Took away their goods and ships.
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| Reason why Sam Adams and James Otis believed Parliament did not have the fight to tax the colonists. | Taxation without representation
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| Organized by Sam Adams to inform the colonists about British laws. | Committees of Correspondence
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| Popular method of protest against the British | Boycott
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| Boycott Definition | Not to purchase certain goods for reasons of protest.
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| Stamp Act | Passed by Parliament in 1765. It was a tax on legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, etc.
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| The first direct tax on the colonists. | Stamp Act
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| Radical protest group formed to oppose British policies and taxes. | Sons of Liberty
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| Patriot who said, "If this be treason, make the most of it." | Patrick Henry
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| Method the colonists used to get the British to repeal the Stamp Act. | Boycott
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| Duty | Tax on imported goods
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| Townsend Act | Series of laws that placed a tax on lead, paint, paper, glass and tea.
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| Writs of Assistance | Laws that let British Soldiers search for smuggled goods.
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| How did the Colonists protest the Townsend Act? | Boycotting British goods.
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| Mob violence that occurred on March 5th 1770, when British Soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists that were throwing snowballs and shouting insults. | Boston Massacre
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| The leader of the mob at the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks
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| martyr | To die for a cause
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| First black martyr and hero of the American Revolution. | Crispus Atucks
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| Defended the British Soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre | John Adams, Josiah Quincy
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| Part of the Townsend Act not repealed. | tax on tea
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| This act gave a British Tea Company a monopoly on the tea trade in the colonies. | The Tea Act
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| Company given a monopoly on the tea trade in the colonies. | British East India Company
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| Monopoly | gain complete control of a trade or market
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| Why did colonists dislike the Tea Act | They thought they would go out of business.
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| Organized event to protest the Tea Act | Boston Tea Party
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| True or False: The Tea Act made the price of tea in the colonies more expensive? | True
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| Define: Quartering Act | This forced colonists to house British Soldiers in their homes.
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| How did the colonists protest the Intolerable Acts | Boycott British Goods
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| What 'Acts' did the Parliament pass in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Tea Party? | Intolerable Acts
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| List the four things the Intolerable Acts did. | 1. Close Boston Harbor
2. Cancel the Massachusetts Charter and legislative meetings
3. Moved trials of British Officials to Briton.
4. Made Colonists house British Soldiers (Quartering Act)
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| Why did imports from England dramactically decline in 1774? | Because of the Intolerable Acts.
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| What marked the birth of the United States of America. | The Declaration of Independence
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| Why were so many colonists angry with the British governent? | They thought the Parliament violated their rights.
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| What famous group met at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss the ongoing problems that existed between England and the Colonies? | The Continental Congress
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| What 2 important decisions were made by the Continental Congress? | 1. Boycott British Goods
2. Be prepared to fight.
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