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* students will be expected to evaluate the origins, causes and consequences of the American Revolution | * students will be expected to evaluate the origins, causes and consequences of the American Revolution | ||
** and, less importantly but expected nonetheless, of the events and outcomes of the Revolutionary War | ** and, less importantly but expected nonetheless, of the events and outcomes of the Revolutionary War | ||
=== American Revolution general terms === | |||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:ABC Boards|American Board of Customs, "commissioners" created by the Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 and appointed by the powerful London Board of Trade, who enforced customs and other tax collections; notoriously corrupt, customs officials were targets of American ire and at times violence; the British government struggled to control colonial trade, especially stopping smuggling, which is simply trade of goods without paying duties; whenever trade rules were enforced, it outraged colonists; from the British point of view, the taxes were for the benefit of the colonists, as they funded colonial operations}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:ABC Boards|American Board of Customs, "commissioners" created by the Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 and appointed by the powerful London Board of Trade, who enforced customs and other tax collections; notoriously corrupt, customs officials were targets of American ire and at times violence; the British government struggled to control colonial trade, especially stopping smuggling, which is simply trade of goods without paying duties; whenever trade rules were enforced, it outraged colonists; from the British point of view, the taxes were for the benefit of the colonists, as they funded colonial operations}}</ul></li> | ||
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=== Revolutionary War flowchart === | |||
{{#mermaid:flowchart LR | {{#mermaid:flowchart LR | ||
CO[Colonial Organization]-->CC1[1774: First Continential Congress] | CO[Colonial Organization]-->CC1[1774: First Continential Congress] |