What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?
Causes of the Revolution

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1.
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They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in the government.
2.
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What act forced colonists to buy tea from the British East India Company?
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The Tea Act.
3.
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Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?
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Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
4.
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Colonists who supported the king were called _______.
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Loyalists.
5.
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Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?
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No taxation without representation.
6.
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What was the purpose of the Tea Act?
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To help the British East India Company sell surplus tea and assert British control over colonial trade.
7.
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What were the Intolerable Acts?
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A series of punitive laws passed by Britain in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
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