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| Why did Britain tax the colonists? |
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The French and Indian War left Britain in debt.
They needed money to pay for the war.
They wanted the colonists to pay for their debt. |
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"No taxation without representation"
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| Parliament was passing law to tax the colonists but no colonists were there to represent themselves. The colonists didn't think that Britain should have the right to tax them unless they had people there to represent them. |
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| One effect of the British taxing the colonists was what? |
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| The colonists began to unite as Americans |
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| How did the women boycott against the Townshend Act? |
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| They made their own cloth and "liberty tea" out of herbs and berries. |
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27 years old
escaped slavery
sailor
one of 5 people killed by the British Soldiers in the Boston Massacre |
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A respected lawyer and speaker
Said "Give me liberty or give me death" |
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| What caused the Boston Tea Party? |
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| Britain created a Tea Act, taxing the colonists and that they could only buy from the EAST INDIES TEA COMPANY |
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Route that he rode:
The Old North Church in Boston
To Medford
to Lexington
He is captured in Concord
He warned the towns that the "British are coming" |
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At what battle was the "shot heard around the World"?
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| Which Battle forced the British to retreat to Boston? |
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