Key People and Events leading to the American Revolution

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Stamp Act

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Taxes imposed on colonist from the British on anything published to help pay for the debt.

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An act of protest that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773; A group of colonists dressed as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor

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Boston tea party

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A colonist who wanted to become independent from Great Britain

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Patriot

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A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, in order to avoid conflict with the Native Americans.

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Proclamation of 1763

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What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts? Options: To allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains, To punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party, To punish the Georgia colony for the Sugar Act, To prevent the smuggling of molasses

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To punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party

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What does the word "boycott" mean?

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refusing to buy a good 

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Who was the lawyer who defended the British (Redcoats) after the Boston Massacre AND was a patriot?

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John Adams

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I am a patriot who took a daring ride to warn the Colonists that the British were coming...

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Paul Revere

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I was a former slave who was the first African American to publish a book of poems. I supported American independence.

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Phillis Wheatley

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I was the general of the British Army who surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown, VA.

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Lord Cornwallis