Causes of the American Revolution

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Which concern of the colonists led to the American Revolution? Anger over British tax policies, Desire for greater religious freedom, Fear of attacks by American Indians, Immigration from countries other than Britain

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Anger over British tax policies

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Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

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No taxation without representation

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Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the taxes by doing what?

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Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts

Front

The _______________ were passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

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Intolerable Acts

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In response to the Tea Act, the colonists threw tea from the British ships into the Boston Harbor. This event is known as:

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Boston Tea Party

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Why did Britain begin to tax the colonists?

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They needed money to pay off war debts from the French and Indian War.

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What event had a small group of British soldiers firing into a crowd of protesting colonists?

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Boston Massacre

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Women also helped support the move for independence by creating homespun and boycotting British goods. They were known as the _______.

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Daughters of Liberty

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Colonists who wanted freedom from the king were called ________.

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Patriots

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Colonists who supported the king were called _______.

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Loyalists