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Reasons that the American Revolution happened.
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This act put a duty on molasses.
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Tea Act
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Why did the colonists want to fight in the French and Indian War?
They had started to mind gold
They wanted to join the Spanish Armada
They wanted the furs in Canada
They wanted to settle the Ohio River Valley
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The taxes were implemented but he British to pay for what?
The Mayflower's trip
Christopher Columbus
The Revolutionary War
French and Indian War
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This was the first act to be implemented after the Proclamation of 1763.
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Intolerable Acts
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Why did the tea get thrown into Boston's harbor?
They wanted to make the harbor a big tea cup
It was the wrong kind of tea
The British weren't making enough money
The colonies were boycotting the tea
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The "Sons of Liberty" would be considered this
Loyalists
Neutralists
Patriots
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This was used as propaganda by loyalists to get people to break away from Britain
Proclamation of 1763
French and Indian War
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
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Someone who does not want to split away from Britain.
Loyalist
Neutralist
Patriot
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The colonists felt the British were trying to take their ___________.
animals
freedoms
land
children
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What are the two viewpoints we looked at the causes of the revolution
French
loyalist/British
Patriots
Native Americans
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This was the first act that directly taxed the colonists.
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Coercive Acts
Sugar Act
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The British soldiers went from protecting the colonists, to collecting taxes, to eventually doing what?
Keeping the colonists under control
Fighting along with the colonists agains Britain
Sending information back to the King
Going back to Britain
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The Tea Act made a _____________ out of the East India Tea Company in the colonies.
duty
monopoly
merchant
soldier
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Why did the British want the colonists to stay east of the Proclamation Line of 1763?
So the French could settle west of the Appalachians
So the colonists would not be attacked by the Native Americans
So they could trade easier with them
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Why were the American colonists upset by the Proclamation of 1763?
King George didn't come to the colonies to make it
They couldn't settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
They had to move back to Britain
They wanted the French to win so they could get rid of the British
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How did the French an Indian War help cause the American Revolution?
The French won over the British, so the British had to fight back
The Indians killed all the animals
It put the British in debt that they made the colonist repay
The British wanted to spread their colonies to the west
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What event caused this image to first be shown?
The French and Indian War
The Mohawk Indians
The Proclamation Act
The American Revolution
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The Sugar Act was meant to stop what?
going dancing
selling sugar
drinking tea
smuggling
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Writs of Assistance are comparable to what today?
Email from Amazon
Search warrant
Arrest Warrant
Letters to the king
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Who made this image?
Ben Franklin
John Adams
George Washington
John Dickinson
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The time period where people started to think logically.
Age of discovery
Renaissance
Dark ages
Enlightenment
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This act required the colonists to keep British soldiers in their homes.
Intolerable Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
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When a colony exists to enrich the mother country.
Navigation
Salutary Neglect
Mercantilism
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This directly taxed the colonists by taxing paper products.
Stamp Act
Coercive Acts
Sugar Act
Navigation Acts
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What was the colonist's name for the Coercive Acts?
Townshend Acts
Navigation Acts
Intolerable Acts
Declaratory Acts
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This person said that all humans have the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Voltaire
John Locke
Montesquieu
Jean Rousseau
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The colonists were British citizens.
True
False
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The colonists started out wanting to stay British citizens.
True
False
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When a colony is left alone to do their own things.
Salutary Neglect
Mercantilism
Proclamation
Independence
30
This act was a group of acts that taxed imports like glass, lead, paint, and tea.
Coercive
Stamp
Tea
Townshend
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The Boston Tea Party was done by what group of people?
Daughters of Liberty
Parliament
Continental Congress
Sons of Liberty
32
What was the line called that the colonists could not pass after the French and Indian War?
Proclamation of 1763
Ohio River
Canadian Boundary
Mason Dixon Line
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Which one of these was NOT an outcome of the Intolerable Acts?
The 1st Continental Congress met
The Declaration of Independence was formed
The Committees of Correspondence began communication between colonies
The colonies united and thought of themselves as Americans
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What does the term "Taxation without Representation" mean?
Taxes were paid willingly
The colonies were taxed without representation in the British Parliament
The British only taxed the colonies because they had to
They were not paying their taxes
