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Leading Up to the Revolution
Social Studies, Grade 5
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Study Guide Leading Up to the Revolution Social Studies, Grade 5
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EVENTS
LEADING
TO
THE
REVOLUTION
What
actions
led
to
the
American
Revolution?
Actions
by
both
Great
Britain
and
the
American
colonists
led
to
the
American
Revolution.
Actions
of
the
British:
1.
Parliament
raised
the
colonists'
t
axes
to
pay
for
the
costs
of
the
French
and
Indian
War.
All
products
printed
on
paper,
like
newspapers
and
playing
cards,
were
required
to
have
a
stamp
attached
to
them.
This
law
was
called
the
Stamp
Act.
2.
The
Townshend
Acts
were
also
passed.
These
laws
put
taxes
on
lead,
glass,
paper,
paint
and
tea.
3.
When
British
soldiers
shot
and
killed
five
colonists
who
were
throwing
snowballs
at
them,
it
was
called
the
Boston
Massacre.
4.
The
law
that
closed
the
port
of
Boston
was
called
the
Intolerable
Acts.
5.
The
Quartering
Act,
part
of
the
Intolerable
Acts,
required
colonists
to
let
British
soldiers
live
in
their
homes.
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Actions
of
the
Colonists:
1.
To
protest
the
taxes,
the
colonists
stopped
buying
products
from
Great
Britain.
This
action
is
calleda
boycott.
2.
The
Sons
of
Liberty
destroyed
the
houses
of
the
people
collecting
taxes
for
Great
Britain.
3.
The
Daughters
of
Liberty
helped
with
the
boycott
of
British
products.
4.
To
protest
the
tax
on
tea,
the
colonists
dumped
chests
of
British
tea
into
Boston
Harbor.
This
action
became
known
as
the
Boston
Tea
Party.
Finally,
in
1774,
a
meeting
of
colonists
was
held
to
try
to
improve
the
colonists'
relationship
with
Great
Britain.
This
meeting
was
called
the
First
Continental
Congress.
Will
the
problems
between
Great
Britain
and
the
American
colonists
be
resolved,
or
will
there
be
a
Revolutionary
War?
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