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Causes for the American Revolution

Across
an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler.
a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
acts of the British Parliament in 1767, especially the act that placed duties on tea, paper, lead, paint, etc., imported into the American colonies.
an act of the British Parliament (1773) that created a monopoly unfair to American tea merchants: the chief cause of the Boston Tea Party.
a series of British measures passed in 1774 and designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
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a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown.
acts of the British Parliament in 1767, especially the act that placed duties on tea, paper, lead, paint, etc., imported into the American colonies.
a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.