HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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supporting the French against the British
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boycotting products from Great Britain
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overthrowing the royal governors in most of the colonies
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purchasing additional products from Native American Indian tribes
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was the colonist’ response to the change in British policies in the 1760s? They were angry that they were being taxed without any representation in British parliament, which lead to the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts and then the Revolutionary war.
Detailed explanation-2: -The colonists joined together to fight Britain and gain independence. They fought the War of Independence from 1775 to 1783. The colonies won the war. They created the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Patriots, also known as Whigs, were the colonists who rebelled against British monarchial control.
Detailed explanation-4: -After months of protest, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766. However, the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies.