Causes of the American Revolution

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Which of these European nations DID NOT have colonies in the continental United States before the American Revolution?

Portugal

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England

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France

,

Spain

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Portugal

Front

Which European nation set up thirteen colonies on the east coast of North America?

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England

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Reason nations form colonies: To Make Money, For religious reasons, To gain power

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All three were major reasons

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Why was the Mississippi River so important prior to the American Revolution?

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Transportation for the fur trade

Front

Which nation won the French & Indian War?

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England

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What do you call a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation?

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Colony

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What do you call a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.?

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Taxes

Front

Which act by parliament prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?

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The Proclamation of 1763

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Which act by parliament was a tax on all printed documents and was the first attempt by the British to regain some of the $ they paid for the French & Indian War by taxing the colonists?

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The Stamp Act

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Slogan popular with protesting colonists after the Stamp Act was passed.

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"No taxation without representation!"