Causes of the American Revolution

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Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

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Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.

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What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?

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They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in the government

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Why did the Sons of Liberty dress up as Native Americans and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

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To protest and fight back against taxes on tea and other items

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What was the secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act called?

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Sons of Liberty

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What was the group called that made laws for the colonists, similar to our Congress? Options: Senate, House of Representatives, Congress, Parliament

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Parliament

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True or False: Mercantalism is the belief that the 13 Colonies existed to give the mother country (england) raw materials and goods

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True

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When the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor, this was called the

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Boston Tea Party

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The Stamp Act was a tax on documents printed on paper.

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True

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

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Intolerable Acts