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during the war for independence americans who were loyal to englanda constituted about 50 percent of the populationb resisted the independence
before it declared independence how and why did the continental congress act as an independent
the declaration of independencea blamed parliament for the problems between the british and the americansb petitioned king george iii to recognize
as the second continental congress convened radical delegatesa faced the task of creating an accord by alleviating misgivings about declaring
when they convened in 1774 delegates to the first continental congressa narrowly voted to end the boycott of english goods as a gesture of goodwill
by the early 1770s many americans believed thata their faith in liberty could withstand the threat posed by british abuses of powerb they had
the tea act of 1775a lowered the cost of tea but it also affirmed the authority of parliament to tax the coloniesb encouraged competition in the tea
committees of correspondencea served as a communications network to coordinate resistance against british lawsb were created by patrick henryc
colonial rebels were inspired by the actions of pascal paoli ina italyb corsicac spaind
the repeal of the townshend dutiesa immediately strengthened americans resistance to royal policies and resulted in several major riotsb eliminated
in response to the townshend duties colonialsa coordinated efforts to protest the tax and began to boycott british goodsb realized that they had
when he assumed authority over the colonies charles townshenda supported americans right to send representatives to parliamentb created a colonial
following the stamp act crisis americansa realized that they had more in common with each other than they had in common with the britishb found that
in his eyewitness to history account thomas hutchinson describesa the assistance he received from wealth bostonian after a mob destroyed his homeb
the sons of libertya were primarily working-class leaders unwilling to pay the new british taxesb were mobs only nominally controlled by the
each of the following philosophical principles influenced the colonial uprisings excepta john lockes theory that property guaranteed libertyb adam
unlike the sugar act the stamp acta concerned new england merchants and opposition to the tax was limited to new englandb concerned all colonials and
some americans viewed the policies of george grenville asa economic matters that did not influence political concernsb misguided but of little real
according to the stamp act of 1765a persons violating the law would face trial in an admiralty courtb persons violating the law could be executed
the revenue act or sugar act of 1764a placed a high tax on refined sugar and led americans to use cheaper brown sugarb made it illegal to import
in response to the molasses act of 1733 american merchantsa refused to import molasses from the french and dutch sugar islandsb dumped several
the british stationed troops in north america for all of the following reasons excepta enforcing british policies in the coloniesb marching against
the british approved the proclamation of 1763 in order toa raise taxes in the north american colonies to pay for a war against the indians in the
the british believed they had the right to tax the colonies for all of the following reasons excepta the british army incurred enormous expenses
following the seven years wara americans expected to be given higher status within the empire but man britains viewed the colonists with suspicionb