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Factors Leading to the American Revolution
Factors Leading to the American Revolution
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How did the British government react to the Boston Tea Party?
They introduced the Stamp Act
They passed new laws to punish the colonies.
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Which statement describes the Stamp Act?
Passed by the British to start mail services in the colonies
Required legal documents to have a stamp on it to be legal.
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Why did British Parliament feel the need to tax the colonists?
Britain needed to be paid back for the French and Indian War
Britain wanted to be prepared for the Revolutionary War.
4
What inspired the saying "No taxation without representation"
British raised taxes on the colonists after the war.
Northern states tried to end slavery.
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What does boycott mean?
to refuse to by goods
to destroy all British goods
6
Why did representatives from each colony meet together and form a continental congress?
to discuss how the colonies could unite against Britain
to debate issues of slavery
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Why did colonists participate in a boycott of British tea?
The were protesting British economic policies.
They only wanted to buy tea from the British.
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What form of protest against the Stamp Act was most effective and led to its repeal?
Colonists boycotted British goods.
Colonist signed an agreement with France.
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Why did the British Government pass the Stamp Act?
To pay back loans related to settling the colonies.
to pay for the French and Indian War
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What was one result of the Intolerable Acts?
Boston Harbor was closed
The western boarder was moved
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The actions of which organization prevented the use of stamps making stamp collectors to quit?
Sons of Liberty
US Calvary
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How did the Boston Tea Party change the relationship between the colonies and Britain?
Caused the British to boycott all colonial goods.
Caused the colonists to work together, resist British rule
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Who did the British Parliament feel was responsible for paying for the French and Indian War?
The Native Americans
The Colonists
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Why did colonists boycott British goods such as tea?
To stop companies from charging high prices.
to protest taxes they believed was unfair
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The Tea Act gave which company the right to create a monopoly to sell tea to the colonists?
British East India Company
English Spanish Company
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After the French and Indian war, what did the British government do that angered the colonists?
Forced the colonists to move into the western territories.
They introduced new taxes to help pay off the war debt.
