Causes of the Revolution

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The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the colonies was the ___.

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Stamp Act

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Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation and housing? Options: the Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, the Coercive Acts, the Proclamation of 1763

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the Quartering Act

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What did the colonists call the laws that were passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party? Options: the Boston Massacre, the Intolerable Acts, the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act

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the Intolerable Acts

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What was the First Continental Congress?

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the meeting of delegates from 12 colonies

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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 was the Boston Massacre?

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It was when British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of angry colonists.

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Which Act allowed one company to sell tea to the colonies?

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Tea Act

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What Act placed a tax on goods imported from Great Britain? Options: Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts

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Townshend Acts

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The law that said the American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains due to conflict with the Native Americans.

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Proclamation of 1763

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Why did England impose taxes on the colonies?

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Pay off debts owed from the French and Indian War.