Key Events Leading to American Independence

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Purpose of the Coercive Acts/ Intolerable

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To address dangerous commotions and insurrections in Boston, Massachusetts

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Outcome of the French and Indian War that led to the American Revolution

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The British government required American colonists to pay a portion of the debt from the war

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Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense year

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Published in 1776

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What was seized and destroyed according to the Coercive Acts?

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Cargoes of teas, property of the East India Company, and vessels in Boston

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Proclamation issued by King George III to stop increasing violence

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Colonists were prohibited from expanding into new territories. (Proclamation of 1763)

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Colonists' reaction to being prohibited from expanding

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They were greatly angered.

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Initial response of most colonists to the taxes imposed by Great Britain

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They refused to purchase any goods manufactured in Great Britain. (Boycott)

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What Parliament allowed Great Britain to do in 1773 that angered the colonists

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Pass a tax on tea

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Actions taken by the colonists during the Boston Tea Party

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Dumped the chests of tea into the harbor to protest the Tea Act

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Purpose of the Boston Tea Party

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To protest the Tea Act