Chapter 5: The American Revolution

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The Revolution unleashed powerful political, social, and economic forces that would transform the ________ politics and society.

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Resistance

________ took three forms: legislative, economic, and popular protest.

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The Royal Proclamation (1764), Sugar and Currency Act (1764), Stamp Act (1756) and the Townshend Act (1767)

What were some of the attempts to reform the British Empire?

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Popular forms of resistance against the Stamp Act

Legislative, economic, and popular protest

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1775

When did the Revolutionary War begin?

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1781

When did the Revolutionary War end?

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Important of the battles of Trenton and Saratoga

Turned the tide of the Revolutionary War in the favor of the Continental Army

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The Treaty of Amity and Commerce

What treaty did the French sign during the war?

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The implications of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce

A global war of sorts by involving them in the Revolution

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The Battle of Yorktown (1781)

_________________ ended the Revolutionary War

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The Royal Proclamation?

___________________ formally ended the Seven Years' War and forbade all British settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachians because the territory was given to the French

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The Sugar and Currency Act?

_____________________ were passed to raise revenue by stopping the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses

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The Stamp Act?

________________________ imposed a direct tax on colonists and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper made in Britain

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The Townshend Act?

_______________________ introduced a series of taxes and regulations to fund the administration of the British colonies in America

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The cost of the war, along with Britain's other conflicts with Holland, Spain and France

____________________________________ contributed to the loss of support for the war in Britain

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States were able to draft constitutions, political participation increased and mercantilism ended

_____________________________________________________ as a result of the Revolution

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Slavery remained an integral part of American society

__________________________________ despite the Revolution?

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