2 - The American Revolution

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Who did colonists believe had the only right to tax them?

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their colonial elected officials

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What was King George III reaction to the Boston Tea Party?

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The passage of the Coercive, or Intolerable, Acts

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What is the difference between a Patriot and a Loyalist?

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Patriots wanted independence. Loyalists wanted to stay loyal to the king.

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All of the following are reasons that the Sugar Act would have made the American colonists unhappy EXCEPT... Colonists would have been upset about paying more in taxes than people living in Great Britain. Colonists would have been upset at the lack of representation in Parliament to oppose the new taxes. Colonists would have felt that their right as Englishmen to be secure in their homes was being violated by the writs of assistance. Colonists would have felt their rights as Englishmen were violated by being denied a jury trial.

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Colonists would have been upset about paying more in taxes than people living in Great Britain.

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All of the following were colonial reactions to the Stamp Act EXCEPT... Delegates from nine colonies met in New York for the Stamp Act Congress which sent a statement to the king and Parliament declaring that only colonial assemblies could tax the colonists. Patrick Henry got the House of Burgesses in Virginia to pass a resolution against it. Protestors burned effigies made to look like unpopular tax collectors. Colonists threw more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

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Colonists threw more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

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Which phrase best represents the colonists main complaint against the British taxation? Options: "We're going to build a wall and make the British pay for it." , "Join or die!" , "No taxation without representation" , "America - I'm Lovin' It!"

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No taxation without representation

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Taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies

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Stamp Act, 1765

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British policy prohibited colonists from moving west of Appalachian Mountains

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Proclamation of 1763

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Political body that was created in the colonies to challenge British control.

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Continental Congress

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Lowered tax on imported molasses in order to stop smuggling

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Sugar Act, 1764