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French and Indian War
A conflict in North America, from 1754 to 1763, that was part of a world wide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain. -
Proclamation of 1763
an order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
a trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America -
Stamp Act
1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America -
Townshend Acts
A series of acts passed by the parliament of Great Britain to raise revenue in colonies as well as punish the province of New York to failing to follow the Quartering Act. It led to a massacre in Boston -
Boston Massacre
a clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists were killed -
Tea Act
Granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sells in the American Colonies. -
Sons of Liberty is formed
To protect the rights of colonists and to take to the streets against the abuses of the Britsh government