23-24 Unit 2: Causes of Revolution

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Given that only 5 people died in the Boston Massacre, why was it labeled a massacre?

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Boston radicals used it as propaganda to take advantage of the heightened tensions

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What was the immediate effect due to the passing of the Stamp Act in 1765? Options: Colonists sought military support from France., Colonists organized boycotts of British goods., Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence., Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

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Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

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The Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act all contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by....

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Angered colonists who believed that civil liberties had been violated

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The American colonists were dissatisfied with the---

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Economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

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Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament? Options: "He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people", "For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent", He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for thee public good., "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."

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For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent

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This act was a tax on common goods such as glass, paint, lead, tea, etc.

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Townshend Act

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After colonists threw rocks, sticks and snowballs at British forces, this event happened leading to tense relations between the British military and colonists.

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Boston Massacre

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This revolutionary cartoon by Benjamin Franklin from the Albany Plan of Union in 1754 was meant to -

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encourage colonists to unite together and overcome their differences

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Why did King George III tax the colonists so heavily?

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The national debt increase from the French and Indian War

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What group was created as a response to the Stamp Act?

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Son of liberty