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French and Indian War
Started in America, spread to Europe, part of a long struggle between the British and French over which kingdom would control North America. -
The Stamp Act
An act that required all colonist to buy special tax stamps for products like newspapers, wilts, license, insurance policy's, and various other products -
The Proclamation Act of 1763
This rule forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains to stop fighting between the Indians and Settlers. -
The Sugar Act
British effort to impose new taxes on various products, like sugar and molasses. -
The Quartering Act
It required colonists to house and support Britains soldiers with food and other supplies for free. -
The Boston Massacre
This was a street fight in 1770 between a patriot mob and British soldiers. -
The Battle of Alamance
The Battle of Alamance was the final battle of the War of the Regulation, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of taxation and local control. -
The Tea Act/Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
The Intolerable Acts
A series of laws passed by Parliament to punish colonist for the Boston Tea Party -
Fighting at Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
