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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