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Causes of the AR
Causes of the American Revolution
Question | Answer |
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What did the stamp act tax? | Ships papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards. |
What did the Townshend acts tax? | Glass, lead, paints, paper and tea. |
The Boston Massacre occurred when? | March 5, 1770 |
When did the tea act start and what did the colonist do? | They protested in the streets, burned British tax offices and even hung a tax collector named Andrew Oliver. |
When did the Boston Tea Party happen and how much tea was dumped in the harbor? Who did they dress like? | December 16, 1773 and 342 chests of tea. Mohawk Indians. |
The Coercive Acts were a series of five acts established by who and what were they? | The British government. Quartering Acts, closing of the Boston Harbor, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Governor Hutchinson is replaced by General Thomas Gage. |
Where did the First Continental Congress meet and what did they do? | Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. They warned the militia, they sent the Declaration of rights, and they told the colonist to continue boycotting. |
Why were British troops marching out of Boston?How were the Colonists warned of the approaching British troops? | British troops march out of Boston on a mission to take the American arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. Paul Revere and William Dawes. |
What were some of the things the second continental did or created? | The congress created the continental army, George Washington was supreme commander.They send an olive branch petition to the British which king George the 3rd didn't read. |