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Revolutionary War Causes
Practice vocabulary of the causes of the Revolutionary War
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8th Grade
11/13/2006

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Proclamation of 1763
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A British order which did NOT allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Quartering Act
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British law that required colonists to house and supply British soldiers.
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Sugar Act
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A British law that taxed sugar and other goods shipped to the colonies and called for harsher penalties for smugglers. Passed to help pay England's war debt.
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Stamp Act
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A law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay a tax on printed documents, such as newspapers and books.
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Sons of Liberty
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A secret society formed by colonists to protest British policies.
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Townshend Act
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A tax on all imported goods from England including lead, paper, tea, paint, and glass. Created after the Stamp Act was repealed.
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The Tea Act
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Law passed that allowed colonists to buy their tea ONLY from the Dutch East India Tea Company. This would save the company and raise money to pay off the war debt.
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Boston Tea Party
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A protest against the Tea Act in which the Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor.
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Intolerable Acts
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British laws meant to punish the colonists after the Tea Party which closed Boston Harbor and enforced the Quartering Act.
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Boston Massacre
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In 1770 a confrontation between colonists and British soldiers where 5 colonists died.
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Writ of Assistance
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A warrant that allowed British officers to enter and search homes & businesses for smuggled goods.
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Triangular Trade
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A trade system where slaves, molasses, & rum were traded for each other in Africa, the Carribean, and the colonies.
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boycott
Definition
The refusal to buy goods in protest.
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tariff
Definition
A tax on imported goods.
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War debt from the French & Indian War
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What caused the British to pass the Stamp Act?
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Sons of Liberty tarred & feathered perop, boycotts, riots, burning paper goods.
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How did the colonists protest the Stamp Act?
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The British repealed the Stamp Act but still needed a way to pay off the war debt.
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What caused the British to pass the Townshend Act?
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repeal
Definition
To withdraw or make inactive
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They boycotted these goods. They made their own things or did without.
Definition
How did the colonists protest the Townshend Act?
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They kept the tax on tea.
Definition
What did the British tax after they repealed most of the Townshend Act?
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Tension between British troops and colonists in Boston.
Definition
What caused the Boston Massacre?
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Concord
Definition
The town where colonists were hiding ammunition
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Paul Revere and William Dawes
Definition
Name first two men riding to warn the colonists that the "British were coming".
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Dr. Prescott
Definition
After Revere and Dawes were captured, who rode on to warn the colonists?
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Lexington
Definition
In what town were Samuel Adams and John Hancock hiding?
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He was mad and sent more troops
Definition
How did the king respond to the letter from the First Continental Congress?
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Militia
Definition
What term means a group of armed citizens that pledges to defend their community?
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Minutemen
Definition
What term was given to the militia trained to respond "at a minute's warning?"
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Internal tax
Definition
What is the term for a tax on goods made within the colonies?
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External tax
Definition
What is the term given to a tax on goods imported from outside the colonies?
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French & Indian War
Definition
Which event happened first?
The French & Indian War-
Pontiac's Rebellion
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The Stamp Act
Definition
Which event happened first?
The Sons of Liberty Form-
The Stamp Act
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Repeal of the Stamp Act
Definition
Which event happened first?
Repeal of the Stamp Act-
The Townshend Acts
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The Tea Act
Definition
Which event happened first?
The Tea Act-
The Intolerable Acts
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Boston Tea Party
Definition
Which event happened first?
Closing Boston Harbor-
Boston Tea Party
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The Intolerable Acts
Definition
Which event happened first?
The First Continental Congress-
The Intolerable Acts
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Boycotting
Definition
What was the MOST effective was for the colonists to protest the British taxes?
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