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| England introduced taxes to pay for what war in America. |
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| The English revenue act of 1764, known as the sugar act did what? |
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| It lowered the tax on molasses and raised the tax on luxury goods. |
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| The Stamp Act of 1765 put taxes on what? |
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| All printed matter, newspapers, pamphlets, licenses, legal documents, even playing cards. |
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| And as 1776 the English repeal the Stamp Act, but replaced it with the Declaratory act. What did this do? |
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| This stated that the British Parliament had the right to make laws governing the colonies in all cases whatsoever. |
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| It gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea. Giving them a monopoly rights to charge any price they wish. |
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| The tea act led to a protest? |
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| This led to the Boston tea party, and which the sons of liberty disguise themselves as Indians, boarded three British ships, and dumped her cargo of tea into the ocean. |
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| In 1770 five Americans were killed in a conflict in Boston. English Parliament passed The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as what by Americans? |
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| The Coercive Acts were known as The Intolerable Acts in America. |
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| In 1774, the Virginia assembly called for a Congress of representatives from all 13 colonies this became known as what? |
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| The First Continental Congress which met in Philadelphia. |
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| This first Continental Congress endorsed what rebellious policy even though they sent the declaration of rights and grievances to the British in a conciliatory tone. |
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| They supported the Massachusetts Suffolk resolves. This rejected the coercive acts and called upon the people of Massachusetts to rise up against the British. |
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| The English Gen. Gage, said the soldiers to confiscate the arms for rebels and Concorde Massachusetts. This led to the first battle of the American revolution on what date, and who warned the Americans. |
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| The first battle of the American Revolution was on April 19, 1775, and the Paul Revere warned the settlers. |
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| In 1775, the colonists were in a open state of rebellion, and this became a the first government of the United States. |
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| The second Continental Congress. |
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| The second Continental Congress did what with regards to defense? |
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| They appointed George Washington as leader of the Continental Army. |
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| On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, proposed a motion that the United colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states. What colony was he from? |
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| On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, proposed a motion that the United colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states. What colony was he from? |
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| A committee was appointed to write the Declaration of Independence. Who was on the committee? |
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| Scientists Benjamin Franklin, Massachusetts patriot John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and a junior delegate from Virginia named Thomas Jefferson. |
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| Thomas Jefferson drew ideas for the Declaration of Independence from what sources? |
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| Britain's declaration of rights, Virginia's Constitution, and Virginia's declaration of rights. |
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| When the initial Declaration of Independence was debated, what was added? |
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| They added 2 mentions of God. |
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| The declaration was approved by the Congress on what day? |
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| July 4, 1776, the day we still celebrate as Independence Day. |
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| What was the first version of The Declaration of Independence called? |
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