Revolutionary Causes

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Why did General Gage march his troops from Boston into the countryside in April of 1775?

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to arrest patriot leaders and destroy the militia's supplies

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Why did the British impose the Stamp Act on the Colonists? Options:
To raise money in the colonies to pay the costs of defending them, To put a tax on the colonists’ trade with foreign nations, to prevent the colonists from trading with Canada , to prevent smuggling

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To raise money in the colonies to pay the costs of defending them

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Who were the Sons of Liberty?

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A group that organized peaceful and violent protests against Parliament's laws.

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What happened in Boston on March 5, 1770?

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The Boston Massacre

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Most colonists didn't like the Proclamation of 1763 because it prevented settlers from...

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settling the Ohio Valley

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Which law made the colonists to pay a tax on all legal documents?

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Stamp Act

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Which act said that Great Britain had the authority to rule the colonies?

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Declaratory Act

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest of the...

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Tea Act

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Which of these allowed British officials the authority to search colonists' homes and businesses without probable cause? Options: writs of habeas corpus, writs of assistance, the quartering act, the coercive acts

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writs of assistance

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Which happened first? Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Intolerable Acts, Quartering Act

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Stamp Act