Causes of the Revolution Review

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What is mercantilism?

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when the Mother Country (England) benefits off its colonies

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Colonists were dissatisfied with Great Britain because

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of the economic policies imposed on the colonies following the French & Indian War.

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What was the immediate effect of Parliament passing the Stamp Act of 1765?

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Colonists starting boycotting British goods

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The Sugar Act, Stamp Act and Quartering Act led to the start of the Revolutionary War because colonists...

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believed their rights were being violated.

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___________ wrote the Declaration of Independence.

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Thomas Jefferson

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Colonists disliked the Proclamation of 1763 because...

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it kept them from settling west of the Appalachian mountains.

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What was the first example of taxation without representation in the colonies?

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sugar act

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Parliament passed the Tea Act so Colonists dumped Tea into Boston Harbor. Because of the Boston Tea Party, Parliament punished the colonists by...

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passing the Intolerable Acts

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Who did the 2nd Continental Congress appoint as Commander of the Continental Army?

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George Washington

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What is a grievance in the Declaration of Independence?

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complaints against King George III