Causes of the American Revolution & Sources

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What does independence mean?

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you are free

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Great Britain fought a war with France over...
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$

,

religion

,

land

,

ideas

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land

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What did Great Britain do after winning the war with France?

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went into debt and taxed the colonies

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The colonists wanted independence from _________.

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Great Britain

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The British made the colonists pay a tax on all paper that they bought. This tax was created by what act?

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Stamp Act

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The Committees of Correspondence were responsible for…

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talking with other towns and colonies to share ideas on how to challenge British laws

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What act punished the colony of Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party?

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Intolerable Acts

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The Tea Act required the colonists to...

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buy tea from the British East India Company.

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What happened during the Boston Massacre?

Options: A peace agreement was signed between the colonists and the British, The city of Boston was bombed by the British, The colonists killed five British Soldiers, British soldiers killed five colonists

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British soldiers killed five colonists

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In response to the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty had what is now called the “Boston Tea Party.” What did they do at this “party?”

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Threw British tea into the Boston Harbor