Unit 2: Revolution through Constitution

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What war, also known as the Seven Years War, was fought between France and Great Britain, which resulted in Great Britain winning and led to new direct taxes in the American colonies?

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French and Indian War

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ended the French and Indian War. France gives land east of the Mississippi to England, including Canada

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Treaty of Paris 1763

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What was the colonists' attitude towards England based on the following points: 1) lost respect for British Military 2) British didn't share the same values as colonists 3) British did not treat the colonists with respect?

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colonists attitude towards England

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no settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains which angered the colonists and they ignored the ban and were attacked

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Proclamation of 1763

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taxed all paper documents. Required most printed paper to have a paid government stamp. The first direct tax on the colonist created an outrage

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stamp act

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American colonists could only buy tea from the British East India Company

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tea act

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led by Samuel Adams, they would tar and feather the British tax collectors to protest

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Sons of Liberty

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closing the Boston harbor in response to the Boston Tea Party, forcing residents to Quarter British soldiers in their homes and placing Massachusetts under British control

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Intolerable Acts

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first attempt to maintain close political cooperation among all the colonists

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Committee of Correspondence

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Written by Thomas Paine, argued that the U.S. should and could defy British rule, leading many colonists to support American independence. It also shifted blame from British Parliament to King George II

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Common Sense