Review Steps to the American Revolution 2021

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an order in which Britain prohibited its American colonies from settling West of the Appalachian mountains

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Proclamation of 1763

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Competition over jobs led to a 1770 clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in which 5 of the colonists were killed. What is this event called?

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Boston Massacre

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the dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act

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Boston Tea Party

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a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1767 establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the colonists (glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea)

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Townshend Acts

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a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party (closed the harbor, placed the city under martial law, and demanded repayment of the tea)

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Intolerable Acts

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a 1765 law that placed new duties on legal documents and taxed newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice

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Stamp Act

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What is a law forbidding British colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?

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Proclamation of 1763

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a 1773 protest in which colonists dressed as Indians dumped tea into Boston Harbor

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Boston Tea Party

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Which law caused the colonists to use an official British imprint on all official documents like newspapers and pamphlets?

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Stamp Act 1765

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Which law closed the Boston harbor, gave soldiers the right to live in unoccupied buildings in the colonies, and appointed new government officials in Boston?

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Intolerable Acts 1774