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4-3 What were the political, economic, geographic, and social factors that
impacted the American colonies and England during the American
Revolutionary Era? (Era is before, during, and after.)
4-3.1 What were the political and economic factors that caused the
American Revolution?
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by the colonists whose lands the British had been defending. The British
government changed its colonial policy. Before the French and Indian War,
the British government ignored what was happening in the colonies and let
them govern and tax themselves. After the French and Indian War, the
British Parliament began to pass a series of laws that changed the
relationship between the colonial assemblies and the Parliament. Colonists
believed it was the right of their colonial assemblies to impose taxes, not the
right of the King or of Parliament, and they resisted this changed policy.
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The Sons of
Liberty
Intolerable Acts
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Now use the text to complete the cause and effect statements. When you
are done create 2 more of your own.
Cause Effect
The British defended the American
colonists.
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