Causes of the American Revolution

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After the French & Indian War, why did England start to tax the colonies more?

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To pay off the debt for the cost of defending the colonies

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What is the name of the line that prevented colonists from settling on lands west of the Appalachian Mountains?

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Proclamation Line of 1763

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What is the name of the economic system that benefited the Mother Country by creating an unfair balance of trade?

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Mercantilism

Front

Who benefited from Mercantilism?

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England/ Mother Country

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Why were tax laws like the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townsend Act passed by Parliament?

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To recover the cost of defending the colonies

Front

Examples of taxation without representation?

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Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Sugar Act

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Colonists were used to having this type of government influenced by the Mayflower Compact and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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Self-Government

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What was a common complaint among the colonists?

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No taxation without representation

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How did the colonists respond to unfair taxation?

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Boycott

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Who was the first colonist to be killed during the Boston Massacre?

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Crispus Attucks