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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
. French and Indian War was a major cause of the American Revolution because Great Britain began to _______ the colonies to pay for the war.
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
. TAX
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
. The Treaty or Paris of 1763 that ended the French and Indian War provided for Great Britain to control all of the last east of the _________ River and for Spain to control the port city of _______________
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
. MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEW ORLEANS
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
. The intent of this order issued by the British government was to keep American colonists from crossing over the Appalachian Mountains into Native American lands
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
PROCLAMATION OF 1763
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
. This act required colonists to purchase special paper for printing and stamps for playing cards, dice, etc.
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
. THE STAMP ACT
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
.Samuel Adams helped with the formation of this secret group after the Stamp Act was passed to agitate and resist the British
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
SONS (AND DAUGHTERS)OF LIBERTY
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
. These acts were passed by Parliament after the Boston colonists carried out the Boston Tea Party. They closed the Boston port until tea paid for, did away with their charter, and included the Quartering Act
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
THE INTOLERABLE OR COERCIVE ACTS
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
The plan for Britain to haul Americans to England for trial ignited widespread alarm and caused the assemblies of Mass. and VA to begin these to communicate with other colonies about threats to their civil liberties
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
He wrote Common Sense a reasonable set of arguments about why America should declare its independence
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Primary Causes of American Revolution 1760-1776
THOMAS PAINE
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