Wilson Causes Of The American Revolution

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Proclamation of 1763

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This order said that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Britain gave Native Americans rights to that land.

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Sugar Act

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This act taxed imported sugar, coffee, and cloth. Merchants avoided the tax by smuggling these goods.

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Stamp Act

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This act taxed anything printed on paper. Colonists were upset because they did not think they should be taxed because they weren't represented in Parliament.

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Townshend Act

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This act taxed tea, glass, lead, paints, and paper. Colonists were angry and threatened violence against British tax officials.

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Boston Massacre

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A crowd in Boston was arguing with a British soldier and started throwing snowballs. More soldiers arrived and shots were fired. Five colonists were killed.

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Tea Act

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This act allowed the East India Company to sell tea in America at a very low price. This cheap tea was still taxed and colonists refused to buy it.

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Boston Tea Party

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Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and boarded a ship in Boston Harbor and threw the tea into the harbor. The British closed Boston Harbor and passed the Intolerable Acts.

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First Continental Congress

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Colonists held a meeting in Philadelphia to discuss the Intolerable Acts. The congress wrote letters to the British government saying colonists should have the same freedoms as other British citizens

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Quartering Act

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Required the colonists to house British soldiers in their homes

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liberty

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freedom

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boycott

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to refuse to buy, sell, or use

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tax

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money paid for government services

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smuggle

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to bring goods in illegally

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massacre

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the killing of many people

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repeal

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to do away with

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Mercantilism

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British economic theory that controlled the economy of the colonies

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Intolerable Acts

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King George the III closed the Boston harbor to punish the colonists

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George Washington

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Was a leader of the Continental Army

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Thomas Jefferson

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Paine

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Wrote "common sense" to persuade neutralists to become patriots in the American Revolution

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Patrick Henry

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Speaker who said "give me liberty or give me death"

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Samuel Adams

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Was the leader of the Son's of Liberty