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| What was the very first self-governing legislative body in America? | Virginia House of |
| What does “taxation without representation” mean? | Parliament was taxing the American Colonists without any colonial representation. |
| The French and Indian War produced what major problem for the British economy? | The British needed revenue from the colonies to help pay for the war. |
| What did the Navigation Acts force the colonists to do? | They were forced to trade only with Great Britain. |
| How many people were actually killed in the Boston Massacre? | Five (Crispus Attucks, the first black colonist, was killed.) |
| What was the significance of the Boston Tea Party? | The colonists protested the British control over the colonial economy by dumping English tea in the Boston Harbor. |
| What actions did King George take to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party? | The Intolerable Acts were passed, which caused colonists to quarter the British troops, close Boston Harbor, and establish martial law. |
| Who wrote Common Sense, which encouraged the colonists to join the fight for independence from Great Britain? | Thomas Paine |
| Where were the first two main skirmishes between the British and the American Colonists? (These took place before the American Revolution began.) | Lexington and Concord |
