Causes of the Revolution

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What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?

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They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in the government.

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What act forced colonists to buy tea from the British East India Company?

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The Tea Act.

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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.

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Colonists who supported the king were called _______.

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Loyalists.

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Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

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No taxation without representation.

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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.

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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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What was the Boston Tea Party?

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A protest by colonists against the Tea Act, where they dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

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What does 'taxation without representation' mean?

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It refers to the colonists' belief that they should not be taxed by a government in which they had no elected representatives.

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Who were the Patriots?

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Colonists who rebelled against British control and supported independence.