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Cause of Amer.Revo
Question | Answer |
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Battle of Lexington/Concord | First Battle of the revolutionary war adn the place of the "shot heard round the world" |
Boston Massacre | The first bloodshed of the amer. revolution, as British guards killed 5 americans |
Boston Tea Party | protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor |
Coercive Acts | British laws to punish colonists for Tea party |
First Continental Congress | Sept. 1774;delegates from twelve colonies sent reps to Phillyto discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts |
French and Indian War | 1754 Brit/France both want control of N. American colonies |
mercantilism | theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys- |
Molasses Act | intended to end colonial trade with French West Indies;colonists smuggled and bribed |
Navigation Act | tightened control of colonial trade;can only trade GB |
Sons of Liberty | Secret society formed to protest new taxes passed by parliment |
Stamp Act | law that requires colonist to pay a tax on newspapers, legal doc, playing cards |
Sugar Act | taxes on molasses and sugar |
Tea Act | British East Tea Co lowers their tea cost; led to Boston Tea Party |
Townsend Act | taxes on glass, paper, lead, tea |
Writs of Assistance | enabled officers to search homes for good that might be smuggled. |