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What did English law prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Proclamation Act of 1763

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What is salutary neglect?

Policy by which England left the colonies alone to rule themselves

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Why did England begin taxing the colonies?

To pay for the debt acquired from the French & Indian War

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What cause of the American Revolution is considered to be an example of civil disobedience?

Boston Tea Party

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How did England respond to the Boston Tea Party?

They issued the Coercive (Intolerable Acts)

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What are the 3 unalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?

life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

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What act placed a tax on sugar and molasses?

Sugar Act

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What act required colonists to house and feed British troops?

Quartering Act

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What event occurred on March 5, 1770 and resulted in the death of 5 colonists including Crispus Attucks?

Boston Massacre

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

Townshend Acts

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What were the first battles of the American Revolution?

Lexington & Concord

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What pamphlet persuaded colonists to support independence from England? Who wrote it?

Common Sense written by Thomas Paine

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Who was Samuel Adams?

A patriot who was the leader and founder of the Sons of Liberty

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Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

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Who was the patriot speaker famous for giving the speech "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"?

Patrick Henry

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What battle is known as the turning point because the American victory resulted in the formation of an alliance with France?

Saratoga

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