Events Leading to the American Revolution

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The French and Indian War was fought between ______ and England

France

The British won the war and gained control of lands in the Ohio River Valley but amassed a large ______ as a result

debt

The British Parliament determined the debt should be paid by the American ______

colonists

Before the French and Indian War, the British government ignored what was happening in the ______

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After the Seven Years War, the British Parliament began to pass a series of laws that changed the relationship between the colonial assemblies and the ______

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Colonists believed it was the right of their colonial assemblies to impose taxes, not the right of the ______ or of Parliament

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King George III was the King of ______ during the American War for Independence

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Stamp Act (1765) required the colonists to have a stamp or seal affixed to newspapers, documents, ______

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Battle of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the ______ Revolution

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Colonists reacted to the Stamp Act by refusing to buy stamps and British goods. In 1766, the British government felt forced to drop the Stamp Act. Patriots were colonists who wanted America to be free from Britain's control. In the ________ (1770), 5 colonists were killed.

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Crispus Attucks was the first man killed in the ________. Boston Tea Party involved 50 colonists dressed like Mohawk Indians.

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During the Boston Tea Party, 50 colonists dressed like Mohawk Indians boarded 3 British ships, smashed open over 300 chests of tea with their tomahawks, and dumped the tea into the water. In response, the British government closed ________ Harbor.

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The ________ Act extended the boundaries of Quebec as far west as the Mississippi River and as far south as the Ohio River.

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The First Continental Congress in September 1774 in Philadelphia requested in writing that their rights as Englishmen be respected and agreed not to buy goods made in Great ________.

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________ were Massachusetts men who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice.

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Lemuel Haynes, a ________, interrupted his studies for the ministry to join the militia.

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Patrick Henry famously said, 'Give me liberty, or give me ________!'

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________, a well-known Boston patriot, rode with William Dawes to warn minutemen in Lexington and Concord that the British were coming.

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The ________ was where the 'shot heard round the world' was fired, starting the American War for Independence.

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