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The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain big territorial gains in North America -
After Britain won the Seven Years' War and gained land in North America, it issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763 -
The Sugar Act increased enforcement of smuggling laws -
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. -
The problem started the Stamp Act for 10 years before giving rise to the Revolutionary War and, ultimately, American independence. -
American activists revolted against British Parliament and their attempt to tax the colonies. The implementation of this tax was a turning point in American History as it turn the point in the way for revolutionary ideas and groups. -
The Boston Massacre had a major impact on relations between Britain and the American colonists -
the tensions between Britain and the colonies a. It removed restrictions on what the British East India Company could charge for tea. -
Colonists resented the end of “salutary neglect,” the curtailment of self-government, and the inability to set taxation policy -
American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation -
Rising tensions in the colonies led to the fighting at Lexington and Concord due to everyone having a different view -
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution.