Causes of the American Revolution

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What was the British policy of not enforcing laws in the American colonies called?

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Salutary Neglect

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A fighting strategy that relies on hit and run, or guerrilla tactics

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Partisan Warfare

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British law that taxed items that used paper

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Stamp Act

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Group of colonists that formed to oppose British policies before the revolution, including attacking tax collectors

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Sons of Liberty

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Indirect taxes on imports such as lead, glass and tea passed by the British

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Townshend Duties

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American response to Britain giving the East India Company a monopoly on selling tea in America

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Boston Tea Party

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Which one of these events happened FIRST?

• Battle of Lexington and Concord
• 1st Continental Congress
• Declaration of Independence
• Intolerable Acts

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Intolerable Acts

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Which of these was NOT a major impact of the French and Indian War?

• It caused Britain to go into debt
• America won its independence from France
• Britain gained territory from France and Spain
• Britain raised taxes on its American colonies

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America won its independence from France

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A form of protest where you stop buying goods from another person or country

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Boycott

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Someone that has either been killed or wounded in a battle

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Casualty