CAUSES of the American Revolution I.N. 15 & 17. SET UP pages
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1. ___________ _______________: the result of a series of
disputes between the American colonists and the government
of Great Britain
2. The ______________ & ______________ war was between
France and England.
o The ________________ fought along with the British
against France.
o The ______ _______ or _______ allied with France
against the British
3. ________________ ___ _______: issued by British
government that forbade colonial settlements in the Ohio
River Valley
o Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger colonist?
o Why did the British government feel the colonist
should pay taxes?
4. _______ _______: colonial tax on sugar, coffee and wine
5. _________ ____ ____________: secret organization of
colonists opposed to British taxes and rule
o Define Boycott__________________________
6. ___ _____________ __________ _______________: is a
battle cry for the revolt against British taxes
7. _________ _______: a tax on every paper product sold in the
colonies including newspapers, playing cards, books
8. ________________ ______: required colonists to house and
feed soldiers stationed in their communities if barracks were
not available
9. _________________ ___ __________________: groups of
colonists in charge of keeping each other informed of British
Acts and the resistance of Americans in other colonies
10. __________ ___________: “Father of the Revolution”
Also known as the leader of the Sons of Liberty and organizer
of the Committees of Correspondence
The resistance and boycotts of the above groups led to
the cancelling of the _________ _______.
11. ____________ __________: stated British had the right to
make laws for the colonists in all instances
12. _______________ _________: series of taxes on paper,
paint, lead, glass and tea
13. ____________ _____________: a fight between colonists an
British where 5 Americans were killed
14. __________ ______ _________: protest by colonist where
they dumped tea from British ships into the harbor
15. __________ __________: a series of laws by the British that
banned town meetings in Boston, closed Boston port, and
stationed troops in Boston
16. Problems created by the Intolerable acts were citizens were
______ ___ _________, threatened with ____________ and
the Massachusetts legislature had it’s ____________
____________ _____________
17. ______ ______________ _____________: group of colonist
from 12 colonies who met to organize against the British and
passed a declaration of colonist rights
18. ___________: groups of citizen soldiers ready to fight in an
emergency
19. ________________: group of citizen soldiers ready to fight at
a minutes notice
20. ____________: first battle of the war