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Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
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American colonists who chose to fight for independence
patriots
Redcoats
Sam Adams
Benjamin Franklin
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which is an action of the First Continental Congress that attempted peace with Britian?
Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Independence
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part of the Intolerable Acts that allowed British to house soldiers in colonists homes
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
Quebec Act
Coercive Act
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issued by Parliament stating that they could make laws for the colonies at any time
Quartering Act
Declatory Act
Coercive Acts
Townshend Acts
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Which was NOT a way the colonists moved toward war with Britain
established Continental Army
sent Olive Branch Petition
boycotted goods
fomed militias
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catch phrase for colonial displeasure with Britian
"taxation with representation"
"No taxation without representation"
"Give me liberty or give me death"
"Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eyes"
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organized by Sam Adams that shared info about resisting the British laws
Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
Declatory Act
Committes of Correspondence
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which is NOT TRUE about the reasons Britian began taxing the colonists?
protect from Native American attacks
debt from the Fr. and Indian War
standing army in colonies
prepping for war with Napolean
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led the agition between the British and the people of Boston
Sam Adams
John Adams
Mercy Otis Warren
Patrick Henry
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took place in October 1774, meeting of colonial leaders
Declatory Act
Committees of Correspondence
Patriots
First Continental Congress
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incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd and killed 5 colonists
Committees of Correspondence
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
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what colonial merchants and smuggler thought about the Tea Act
it was too high
thought it was unfair
would put them out of business
glad it was cheaper
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which is NOT a way that Britian tried to enforce tax laws?
looked at them as "innoncent until proven guilty"
changed legal system
search ships
list of goods on ships
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writer who opposed the Stamp Act and wrote anti-British plays
Lord North
Mercy Otis Warren
James Otis
Patrick Henry
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passed by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party in spring of 1774
Tea Act
Quebec Act
Quartering Act
Coercive Acts
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1765 tax requiring a seal on legal documents
Declatory Act
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Quebec Act
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March 5, 1770 event with a crowd outside of the British customs house
Quebec Act
Boston Massacre
First Continental Congress
Boston Tea Party
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which was NOT TRUE of the way the British tried to collect tax money?
used writ of assistance
it gave power to the colonial governments
searched for smuggled goods
colonists hated the laws
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June 1767 tax on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
Intolerable Acts
Declatory Act
Coercive Acts
Townshend Acts
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Which was NOT a part of the Intolerable Acts?
trials for officials in England
closed Boston Harbor
Thomas Gage governor of Massachusetts
closed Charleston Harbor
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who was able to get the Stamp Act repealled?
Mercy Otis Warren
John Adams
Sam Adams
Benjamin Franklin
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law passed that allowed British East India Co to sell tea directly to the colonists
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Declatory Act
Stamp Act
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spring of 1774 acts used to punish the colonists of Boston
Declatory Act
Intoleable Acts
Passive Act
Tea Act
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which was NOT a way that the colonists resisted British taxes?
Committees of Correspondence
formed militia
boycotted
smuggled
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Laws passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Declatory Act
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tax that required colonists to pay when they bought newspapers, licenses, and legal documents
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Tea Act
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December 16, 1773 when tea was dumped into Boston Harbor
Boston Massacre
First Continental Congress
Committees of Correspondence
Boston Tea Party
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1764 tax on molasses, first act to raise money in the colonies
Stamp Act
Quebec Act
Quartering Act
Sugar Act