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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 ====
=== 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]