Causes of the American Revolution

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Why did Parliament pass the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?

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To recover the cost of defending the colonies

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How did mercantilism create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

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By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

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Before the Revolution, the British felt it was fair to tax the colonists to help pay the expenses they had run up fighting which of the following? Spanish Armada, Indian attacks in the South, French and Indian War, Loyalists

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French and Indian War

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What was the immediate effect when Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765?

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Colonists organized boycotts of British goods

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How did the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Quartering Act contribute to the start of the Revolutionary War?

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By angering colonists who believed their civil liberties had been violated

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British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they ---

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resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

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What was the main purpose of boycotts in colonial America?

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to protest taxation without representation

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How did mercantilism contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolution?

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American businesses were frustrated with government trade restrictions.

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Which of the following led colonists to claim that taxes were imposed without their consent? Passage of the Stamp Act, Creation of the Intolerable Acts, Administration of the Quebec Act, Enforcement of the Quartering Act

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Passage of the Stamp Act

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Which of the following were primary reasons for the American Revolution? Quartering of soldiers and British restrictions on travel, Aggressive British soldiers, Oppressive British policies and the American desire for self-rule, the constant military conflict with the French

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Oppressive British policies and the American desire for self-rule