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History: The American Revolution

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1730-1740
When did the Great Awakening happen?
it was a spiritual revival
What was the Great Awakening?
preachers traveled from town to town across the colonies
How was the Great Awakening spread?
divided old churches from new and brought the colonies together in celebration of their spiritual liberty
What were the results of the Great Awakening?
they fought on both sides, chose whichever side was more powerful
What was the role of Indians in the French and Indian war?
Ben Franklin
Who proposed the Albany Plan?
a council of representatives from all the colonies for defense
What did the Albany Plan enforce?
the colonies did not want to pay taxes
Why was the Albany Plan rejected?
Britain won Canada and all the land east of the Miss. River and Spain got Louisiana, major debt
What were the results of the French and Indian War?
indian rebellion, stopped settlers from moving past App. Mountains
What were the problems in the west?
Britain cannot tax the colonies unless the colonies had representation in Parliament
What did "no taxation without representation mean?
colonists must buy special stamps for all legal documents, dice, playing cards, and newspapers
What did the Stamp Act require?
boycott British goods, petitions to Parliament, burning effigies of tax collectors
What was the colonists response to the Stamp Act?
gave the British East India Company a monopoly on all sales of tea
What was the tea act?
colonists boycott tea, Boston tea party, intolerable acts
What were results of the tea act?
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