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Chapter 10: Causes of American Revolution
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5th Grade
04/26/2010

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salutary neglect
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Britain's policy (how they managed the 13 colonies)--they didn't mess with them much
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assembly
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citizens gathered to debate and decide
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Which mountain range was a natural boundary between Natives and Colonists?
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The Appalachian Mountains
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import
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a product brought into a country for sale or use
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politics
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the activities of government and how they make decisions
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What were the Native Americans worried about?
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Losing their lands to the British Colonies
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boycott
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to refuse to buy, sell, or use an item in order to force a change
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propaganda
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the spread of ideas, often in a biased or one-sided form, to win support for a particular cause
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Parliament
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the lawmaking body of England, consisting of the House of Lords and the House of Commons
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Why was England and the colonies close to each other?
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•Colonists still had family in England
•Close business deals = $$$
•British military protected colonists
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Differences between England and the colonies that caused them to pull apart
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•Taxes on imported goods;
•Colonists couldn't trade with other countries;
•British government was strict and vetoed laws.
•Debt from the F + I war was costly
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French and Indian War (1756 - 1763)
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France fought England for control of North America;
France lost and gave up land;
England had a HUGE debt.
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Why were colonists angry with Parliament (British government)?
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Britain was taxing colonists but they had NO ONE speaking for them in Parliament(British government).
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Stamp Act (1765)
(Paper Tax)
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•required all paper to have an official stamp/tax on it;
•colonists protested and held public meetings;
•stamp officials were attacked (ouch!)
•England repealed the act
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Townshend Act (1767)
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•tax on paper, lead and TEA;
•colonists boycotted British goods;
•England reapealed taxes, except on TEA
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Boston Massacre (1770)
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•large group of colonists attacked British soldiers;
•5 colonists shot dead;
•propaganda(news) used to get support against British
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Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
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groups of men and women who met to decide what to do about England.
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Tea Act (1773)
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•England still taxing tea
•Colonists responded with Boston Tea Party;
•British passed "Intolerable Acts"
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Why was "no taxation without respresentation" important?
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•James Otis said the phrase;
•No one was representing the colonists in Parliament even though they were paying taxes.
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Boston "Tea Party" (1773)
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•Colonists dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor
•England was not happy
•Parliament passed tougher laws against colonists
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What is the First Continental Congress?
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Delegates (representatives) from 12 out of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to decide what to do about England
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When did England start to really interfere with the colonies and their taxes?
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1763
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