Causes of the American Revolution

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To help pay for the French and Indian War, the British colonies were ordered to:

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pay taxes without representation

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Snowball fight in Boston resulting in 5 colonist deaths

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Boston Massacre

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Secret organization protesting the Stamp Act

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Sons of Liberty

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Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor, known as...

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Boston Tea Party

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American colonists were asked to help cover the cost of the French and American War by paying

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taxes

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Tax on paper items in the colonies

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Stamp Act

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Colonists' anger over taxation without representation.

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No representation in Parliament.

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The Quartering Act...

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Required colonists to house soldiers.

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Reason for Britain's tax on colonists?

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Needed money for the French and Indian War.

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Why colonists disliked taxes?

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No taxation without representation.