Social Studies Semester Exam Review American Revolution

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These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by -

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angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated

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What was this poster's meaning?

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The Colonies needed to be united

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Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?

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Britain was in debt and needed money.

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Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

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Intolerable Acts

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Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Proclamation line of 1763

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A secret organization made up of merchants and journalists formed to protest unfair taxes was called the ____________.

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Sons of Liberty

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Who wrote "Common Sense" that challenged the colonists to fight for independence?

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Thomas Paine

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The Boston Tea Party was when colonists: dressed like Indians and threw tea in the harbor

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dressed like Indians and threw tea in the harbor

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Who is known as the Father of the U.S. Navy?

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John Paul Jones

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Great Britain was responsible for making the laws for the colonists, similar to our Congress. What was this group called?

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Parliament