U3 - Causes of the American Revolution

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American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.

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LOYALISTS (TORIES)

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Americans that believed the colonies had a right to govern themselves & rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.

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PATRIOTS (WHIGS)

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A war for territory between the French/Indians vs. Great Britain. It led to a LARGE war debt for Great Britain.

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FRENCH & INDIAN WAR (1754 – 1763)

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Prohibited (stopped) settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mnts. in hope that it would stop conflict with Native Americans.

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PROCLAMATION LINE OF 1763

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A TAX that Required colonists to buy stamps for all paper products to pay for war debts.

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STAMP ACT (1765)

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A TAX that ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters (housing) and any other items they wanted.

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QUARTERING ACT (1765)

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A TAX on goods imported from Great Britain such as glass, paint, paper, & tea to help pay for British Army in the colonies. (later repealed/take back)

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TOWNSHEND ACTS (1767)

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A riot arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed 5 colonists.

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BOSTON MASSACRE (1770)

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Lowered the cost of tea that was sold by the British East India Company in the colonies creating a monopoly in the colonies.

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TEA ACT (1773)

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A raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor in which the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Indians, threw tea (90,000 lbs.) into the harbor as a protest against the TEA ACT.

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BOSTON TEA PARTY (1773)