Unit 3 American Independence

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What was the Boston Massacre?

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A deadly confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists in 1770

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What event marked a dramatic increase in tension between the colonists and British? Options: The Boston Tea Party, The signing of the Treaty of Paris, The establishment of the First Continental Congress, The drafting of the Declaration of Independence

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The Boston Tea Party

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What were the Intolerable Acts?

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A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party

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What document officially informed the British of the American colonies' desire to break apart from Great Britain?

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The Declaration of Independence.

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What was the Stamp Act?

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A British law that imposed a tax on printed materials in the American colonies

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Who wrote 'Common Sense'?

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Thomas Paine

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What was the Treaty of Paris?

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A treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War

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What was the American Revolution?

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A war for independence fought by the American colonies against Great Britain

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What was the Continental Army?

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The military force established by the American colonies during the American Revolutionary War.

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What was the Sons of Liberty?

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The Sons of Liberty was a group of American colonists formed to oppose British taxation and policies in the years leading up to the American Revolution.