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Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
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Person elected to serve in government.
delegate
common sense
minutemen
soldier
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War fought between the French and English to control the Ohio Valley and the fur trade.
French and Indian War
French and English War
Civil War
American Revolution
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The French and English both wanted to trade with the Indians for
guns
spices
gold
fur
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Protest against England in Boston for forcing colonists to buy tea from the East India Company.
Boston Massacre
Battle of Lexington
Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Independence
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Land west of the Appalachian Mountains which the English and French both fought for?
Ohio Valley
Canada
13 Colonies
Ohio River
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Tax on Tea.
Tea Act
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
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The original settlements in the thirteen British colonies were all located
along the Gulf Coast
on the Great Plains
east of the Appalachian Mountains
west of the Mississippi River
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Documents that allowed English officials to inspect & search colonist ships without permission.
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Writs of Assistance
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Event on March 5, 1770 when colonists were killed by English soldiers protesting in Boston.
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Declaration of Independence
Battle of Lexington
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence to encourage colonists to revolt against England?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
George Washington
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During the early 1770s, how did the English government respond to increasing American protests?
It offered self-government to the colonists.
It increased efforts to maintain order and enforce laws.
Agreed to grant the colonies representation in Parliament.
It asked France for help in controlling the colonists.
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Trade between the 13 Colonies, England and Africa.
Triangle Trade Route
Columbian Exchange
Slave Trade
mercantilism
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Regents - Under the British system of mercantilism, the American colonies served primarily as a
buffer to the expansion of French and Spanish colonies
source of manpower for the British army and navy
market for British goods & source of raw materials
self-sufficient trading partner for other European nations
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Law that ordered colonists to provide housing, to English soldiers living in the colonies.
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Writs of Assistance
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Controlling colonial trade for the profit and benefit of the home or mother country.
Albany plan of union
proclamation of 1763
mercantilism
triangle trade route
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Indian Chief that led attacks against the English after the french and Indian War was?
Sitting Bull
Tonto
Pocahontas
Pontiac
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Laws to punish the Boston colonists for the Boston Tea party.
Townshend Acts
Writs of Assistance
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
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In the 1700s, the triangular trade led directly to the
rapid industrialization of the southern colonies
increased importation of enslaved Africans to the West
decline of the New England economy
middle colonies’ role as the importers of farm products
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Tax on legal documents such as wills, diplomas, and marriage papers.
Tea Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Stamp Act
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The Shot Heard Around the World was
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Concord
Boston Massacre
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What state was given to the English after the French and Indian War by the Spanish?
Maine
California
Florida
Texas
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Law that forced the colonists to buy tea only from the East india Company.
Boston Tea Party
Townshend Acts
Tea Act
Intolerable acts
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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to influence colonists to
ban the importation of African slaves
vote in Parliamentary elections
seize lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
break away from English rule
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The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by England after the French and Indian War primarily to
promote colonial settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains
limit conflict between Indians and English colonists
encourage colonial economic ties with France
force French settlers to leave British territory
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Tax on molasses.
Townshend Acts
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Tea Act