What were 3 taxes/things that the colonists thought were unfair?
The Stamp Act, the Tea Act, the Quartering Act, the Sugar Act, the Intolerable Acts
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Whose side were the Patriots on?
The colonists
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Whose side were the Loyalists on?
Great Britain's
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Name 3 of the 13 colonies?
New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Virginia, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Delawa
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What was the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of the unfair tea tax.
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What holiday do we celebrate the independence of the United States from Great Britain?
July 4th (Independence Day)
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What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts
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What was the Boston Massacre?
when British soldiers fired shots into a crowd of people in Boston and 5 colonists were killed. Crispus Attucks was the first colonist killed.
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How did the French-Indian War lead to the Revolution?
Great Britain started taxing the colonies to help pay for the war
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What does "no taxation without representation" mean?
You can't tax us without us having a say
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What was the Declaration of Independence?
The document the colonists sent to King George III telling the King that they no longer wanted to be a part of Great Britain.
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What is Parliament?
the British government
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What were the causes of the American Revolution?
Unfair taxes and "no taxation without representation."