Causes of the American Revolution | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Review of the causes of the American Revolution.

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What British action prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Proclamation Act

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What British action placed a tax on sugar and molasses?

Sugar Act

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What did the Stamp Act do?

It placed a tax on all printed materials such as newspapers, playing cards, calendars and advertisements.

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What did the Quartering Act do?

Required the colonists to house and feed British soldiers in their homes.

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What British action placed a tax on paint, lead, paper and tea?

Townshend Acts

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What is the name of this event? Who was the first person killed?

Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks

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What is the name of this event? What was the cause? What was the effect? What is it an example of?

Boston Tea Party, Tea Act, Coercive/Intolerable Acts, civil disobedience

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What were the specific punishments issued by the Coercive or Intolerable Acts?

The acts closed Boston harbor, placed Boston under martial law, denied self-government and reinforced the quartering of troops.

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What meeting was held by the colonies in response to the Coercive Acts?

First Continental Congress

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What actions did the colonists take as a result of the First Continental Congress?

Colonists decided to form militias and issued an all out boycott of British goods.

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What is mercantilism? How did it contribute to the American Revolution?

Colonies-raw materials, England-manufactured goods; colonists resented trade restrictions

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Explain why taxation without representation was a cause of the American Revolution.

Colonists were upset that they had no voice in Parliament and didn't get to vote on taxes

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What were the Navigation Laws?

Trade laws which: 1. Required the colonies to trade mainly with England. and 2. required the use of ships made in England or the colonies.

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What is salutary neglect?

unwritten political policy by which England failed to enforce Navigation laws on the colonies thereby benefiting the development of the 13 colonies

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Who were the Sons of Liberty?

Patriot group created by Samuel Adams which organized protests and boycotts

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What was the major cause of the French and Indian War?

Control of the profitable fur trade in the Ohio River Valley

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