American Revolution: Causes 2024

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Who am I? African American, killed at Boston Massacre?

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Crispus Attucks

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first act passed specifically to raise money in the colonies; British officials had more power to catch smugglers.

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Sugar Act

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tax on all paper goods in the colonies

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Stamp Act

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Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party

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Tea Act

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used as propaganda by Sons of Liberty to gain support for the Patriot cause

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Boston Massacre

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What was the effect of the French and Indian War on the British government?

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they were in massive debt

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Rallying cry of the colonists.

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No taxation without representation!

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Number of colonists killed in the Boston Massacre

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5

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The French and Indian War started mainly because Britain and France both wanted the Ohio River Valley.

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True

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What was the king's main motivation for issuing the Proclamation of 1763?

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to avoid conflict between colonists and Native Americans