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What did Lord North decide to do as a way to help the British East India Company and deal with the problem of taxing the colonies?What pamphlet sold 120,000 copies in the first three months of publication. It criticized the British government and convinced many American colonists that they need to break away from Britain.On a cold December night, radical townspeople stormed ships in the Boston Harbor and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water. The damage in modern American dollars exceeded three quarters of a million dollars. Not a single British East India Company chest of tea bound for the 13 colonies reached its destination. How did the radicals disguise themselves?The British response to the Boston Tea Party came in the form of multiple laws passed by parliament (Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and Quebec Act). What term was given by the colonists to describe these acts?The Stamp Act Congress and the First Continental Congress brought the delegates from differing colonies to agreement on a message to send to the king. What was the outcome of the Second Continental Congress.What did the British call their responsive measures to the Boston Tea Party?Describe the response of Native Americans that allied themselves with the French to the Treaty of Paris 1763:The Treaty of Paris 1763 required the French government to give up its territory in North America. However, There were two things that would be difficult to get the inhabitants give up. Select those two:The Declaration of Independence was a product of the ___________ Continental Congress. Two earlier intercolonial conferences had occurred, each building important keystones of colonial unity. The Stamp Act Congress and the First Continental Congress brought the delegates from differing colonies to agree on a message to send to the king.All of the following were considered fierce patriots from the city of Boston except:The Albany Plan of Union in 1754 would have brought the colonial rivals together to meet the common threat of the French and Indians. Much to Benjamin Franklin's dissatisfaction, this plan was soundly defeated. What was the slogan of this plan?Who was considered one of the first outspoken opponents of British taxation policies, he wrote a pamphlet titled "Rights of the British Colonists Asserted and Proved," and he was somewhat of a martyr around Boston:Captain Preston and four of his men were cleared of all charges in the trial that followed the Boston Massacre. Who was the lawyer that represented the British SoldiersAlthough the British were successful in winning the first battle at Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill, why did the patriots have the advantage going into the battle which caused the British to have high losses?In April 1782, who represented the United States in Paris. When informal peace negotiations began with Great Britain?This document was a direct appeal to the king. The American delegates pleaded with George III to attempt peaceful resolution and declared their loyalty to the crown.In August 1776, General Howe landed his forces on Long Island and easily routed the American Continental Army there in the Battle of Long Island (August 27). The Americans were outnumbered and lacked both military experience and discipline. Sensing victory, General and Admiral Howe arranged a peace conference in September 1776, where Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and South Carolinian John Rutledge represented the Continental Congress. What did the Americans demand at this conference?The British tried to disarm the insurgents in Massachusetts by confiscating their weapons and ammunition and arresting the leaders of the patriotic movement. However, this effort faltered on April 19, when Massachusetts militias and British troops fired on each other as British troops marched to Lexington and Concord, an event immortalized by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson as the "shot heard round the world." What is the historical significance of this event?"No taxation without representation!" was the cry. The colonists were not merely griping about the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. They intended to place actions behind their words. One thing was clear — no colony acting alone could effectively convey a message to the king and Parliament. The appeals to Parliament by the individual legislatures had been ignored.Which statement best agrees with the highlighted portion above?In Virginia, the royal governor, Lord Dunmore, raised Loyalist forces to combat the rebel colonists and also tried to use the large enslaved population to put down the rebellion. In November 1775, he issued a decree, known as Dunmore's Proclamation, promising freedom to enslaved people and indentured servants of rebels who remained loyal to the king and who pledged to fight with the Loyalists against the insurgents. How did the American rebels view this proclamation?
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