Spirit of Independence: Causes of the Am Rev

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What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

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To punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party

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Who was the British monarch leading up to the American Revolution?

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George III

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Why did Parliament choose to raise taxes on the American colonies beginning in 1763?

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To help pay the French and Indian War debt

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The name of the group that spread word of British taxation and organized colonial protests like the Boston Tea Party?

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Sons of Liberty

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What name was given to colonists who supported the idea of independence from Great Britian?

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Patriots

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What was the name given to colonists who continued to support the British government?

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Loyalists

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Who was one of the founding members of the Sons of Liberty?

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Sam Adams

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This struggle between the British and the French in the colonies of North America included large numbers of Native Americans.

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French and Indian War

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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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A tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies.

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Stamp Act