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- Most important tax under the Townshend Acts
- Proceeds from the tolls collected at turnpikesA built up the surrounding cities commerceB defrayed high taxes for citizens in the areaC were used for road maintenanceD funded local farms to increase crop production
- Ben Franklin's plan to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War was the...
- The British leaving the colonists alone and not enforcing rules was called...
- In Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense", he calls for the colonists to...
- Based on the Declaration, the government gets its power from...
- A Naval maneuver designed to isolate a given area is called a...
- When the colonists were angry over land being given to others
- Where did the framers believe people's rights came from?
- The Battle of Yorktown resulted into the signing of...
- Major problem facing Washington's troops during the war was...
- Valley Forge ended up okay for the colonists because it gave them...
- What taxed legal documents and publications?
- Five colonists were killed in Boston, this was called the...
- How many businesses failed by the end of Hoovers term, and what percent did unemployment reach?
- fear and dislike of immigrants and their culture
- President Hoover authorized a this to send Mexican-Americans back to Mexico
- Back to Africa" movement•Introduced concept of black nationalism
- 20,000 veterans who had marched to D.C. to receive their WW1 bonuses 13 years early & had camped in a tent city along the Potomac River
- Electricity and home appliances- high standard of living•Leisure and entertainment•Spending on credit- increases consumer debt•Department stores and chains•Advertising