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  • What are three results of the French and Indian War?
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  • Describe the cause and effect of the Boston Tea Party
    Cause: British made it so colonists could only buy British tea. Effect: The Intolerable Acts or the Boston Tea Party
  • Describe the Quartering Act
    Colonists were to house, feed, etc. British soldiers.
  • What was the point of view of the British during the Boston Massacre?
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  • Why did Taxation without Representation anger the colonists?
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  • What was the significance of Lexington and Concord?
    Lexington was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. (The shot heard around the world.) The colonists won the Battle of Concord.
  • What was the main idea of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense booklet?
    To persuade the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.
  • Describe the Intolerable Acts
    The King shut down the Boston Harbor for trading.
  • Describe the Stamp Act
    The King put taxes on all paper goods
  • What law did Britain pass in an attempt to protect the colonists after the French and Indian War? How did the colonists react to this law
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  • Describe the Tea Act.
    British put a tax on all tea
  • What was the significance of the Second Continental Congress?
    To figure out how to make peace with Britain and discuss possible separation.
  • What is a neutralist?
    A person who is known as a "fence-sitter"
  • What is a loyalist?
    A person who is loyal to the king
  • What is a patriot?
    A person who is against the king
  • What was the significance of the First Continental Congress?
    To discuss the problems with Britain
  • What was the point of view of the colonists during the Boston Massacre?
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