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Review or preview of the causes of the American Revolution and colonists' response
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Why were the colonists angered by the stamp act?
colonists couldn't afford it
It was the beginning of war
It taxed all paper
They were taxed without their consent
2
What was the main reason the colonists boycotted British goods?
to protest taxes without representation
to stop trade
to protest the sugar act
3
What was the main purpose of boycotts
decrease merchants power over the colonies
disrupt trade with France
colonists govern themselves
protest taxation without representation
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This act was passed to help pay for the 10,000 troops left in the colonies after the Fr./Indwar
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Protective Act
Townshend Acts
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Which act made colonists quarter soldiers
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act
Third Amendment
Stamp Act
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Why did the British issue the Proclamation of 1763
To tax colonists
To prevent an Indian uprising
To anger colonists
To limit colonization
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All of the following were causes of the American Revolution, except:
Georgia slave trials
Taxation without Representation
Tea Act
Stamp Act
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Which act taxed paper items?
Stamp
Townshend
Intolerable
Tea
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The intolerable acts were
passed by House of Burgesses
In the Mayflower Compact
the name the colonists gave to the strict laws from TeaParty
forced colonists to give the gov't a part of their salary
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In this economic system, the colonies are meant to make the mother country wealthy.
anarchy
taxation
mercantilism
free enterprise
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What colony was being punished by the Intolerable Acts?
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Boston
Virginia
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The Proclamation of 1763 said that colonists couldn't travel west of the
Himalaya
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Nevada Sierra
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The British imposed taxes on the colonists after the
The French and Indian War
Boston Massacre
Indian War
Spanish Armada
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Which act was passed in response to the Boston Tea Party?
Sugar
Intolerable
Townshend
Stamp
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How did the colonists feel about helping pay for the war by having taxes?
They payed the taxes
Patriots refused to pay
They sided with the French
They felt they owed the mother country
