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Causes of revolution
#9 Causes of revoltuion
Question | Answer |
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an assembly of colonial delegates that met in Philadelphia in 1774 to oppose the Intolerable Acts. | First Continental Congress |
Britain law making group | Parliament |
Tory: colonist who remains loyal to king | Loyalists |
colonist who supported the fight against the British | Patriot |
sudden and complete change in government | revolution |
5 colonists were killed by British soldiers in 1770 | Boston Massacre |
Parliament passed law allowing East India Tea Company to have monopoly on tea. | Tea Act |
colonists dumped tea into Boston harbor | Boston Tea Party |
King punished the colonists after the Boston Tea Party by closing harbor, making them pay for tea, quartering soldiers, and dissolving the assembly. | Intolerable Acts |