Road to Revolution and American Revolution1

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Proclamation of 1763 forbids colonists from settling...

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West of the Appalachian Mountains

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Reason for the Proclamation of 1763

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Prevent conflict between Native Americans and settlers over land.

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Founder of the Sons of Liberty?

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Samuel Adams

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Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor in protest of British rule.

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Boston Tea Party

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The Townshend Acts

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Tax on tea, lead, glass, and paint.

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Tax on paper goods: newspapers, cards, books, calendars.

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Stamp Act

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Acts passed by British Parliament to punish colonists after the Boston Tea Party.

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Intolerable Acts

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Importance of 'taxation without representation':

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Colonists did not wish to support a government in which they had no voice.

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Americans wanting to break away from Britain are called

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Patriots

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First major battle of the Revolutionary War, a skirmish between British soldiers and minutemen outside Boston:

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Battle of Lexington and Concord