Causes of the American Revolution SS8H3a

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The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the colonies was the ___. Options: Paper Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act, Pamphlet Promotion

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Stamp Act

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What was the Boston Tea Party?

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It was when colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.

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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

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Forbade colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains

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What is a boycott?

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Refusal to buy or use goods and service

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Which concern of the colonists led to the American Revolution?

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opposition to British tax policies

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Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

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No taxation with representation

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Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?

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Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts

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Major reason for the conflict between Britain and France in the Ohio Valley?

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The English wanted the land and resources of the Ohio River Valley

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Why was the war named the “French and Indian War”?

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England fought against France and its Indian allies.

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What was the name of the war fought between the French (and their American Indian allies) and Great Britain (and their American Indian allies) to see who would be the strongest power in North America?

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The French and Indian War (the Seven Year War)