Causes of the American Revolution

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For about 100 years before the French and Indian War, Parliament, for the most part, did not enforce its laws in the thirteen colonies. This period of time is called

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Salutary Neglect

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An organization of patriots that organized boycotts and protests were called

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Sons of Liberty

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The Quartering Act stated that

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Colonists gave housing to soldiers

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The law that stated colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

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Proclamation of 1763

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Documents that gave British officers the power to search any property looking for smuggled goods.

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Writs of Assistance

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The Townshend Acts were

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Taxes on paper, paint, glass, and tea

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When the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor, this was called the: Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Treaty of Paris

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Boston Tea Party

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What were the committees of correspondence?

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wrote letters

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After Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, the colonists created their own government called

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First Continental Congress

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A loyalist was a person who

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supported British laws and taxes