Causes of the American Revolution

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How did the French and Indian War help cause the American Revolution?

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The American colonists gained a sense of unity.

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Maps showing North America at different times in history. What do these maps show?

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North America before and after the French and Indian War

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Why did the issuing of the Proclamation of 1763 anger colonists?

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Colonists were prohibited from settling land west of the Appalachians.

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How did the French and Indian War push colonists and the British towards war?

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The costs of the conflicts led the British to impose oppressive taxes and restrict settlement west of the Appalachians.

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Why did the colonies maintain these borders, rather than expanding, from the mid-eighteenth century to the American Revolution?

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After the French and Indian War, the British issued the Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited colonists from settling on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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What was one cause of the French and Indian War?

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British expansion into the Ohio River Valley

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Why did the British government introduce new taxes on its North American colonies in the early 1760s?

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to repay war debts from the French and Indian War

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The 1763 Treaty of Paris concluded a conflict between which two colonial powers?

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France and England

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What did the social contract theory argue?

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that individuals have the right to overthrow an abusive government that violates their natural rights

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Concept associated with John Locke in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence?

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natural rights