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French and Indian war
French and British fighting over Ohio river valley -
Proclamation
the British government Lachlan mountains -
the sugar act
his was the first effort by the British to control economic activity in the American colonies by limiting what sugar products could buy and sell -
stamp act
This British policy required colonists to purchase stamps for all official paper publications, including letters, newspapers and magazines. -
Boston Massacre
red coats firing at unarmed citizens protesting. -
Boston tea party
A protest on Tea -
tea act
This British act required that colonists were only allowed to purchase tea from the British-owned East India Trading Company which directly impacted the colonial merchants -
The Intolerable Acts
This series of actions by the British government was in direct response to the Boston Tea Party. The purpose was to punish the colonist. The acts closed the Boston Harbor and limited colonial town meetings. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
first battle of the American revoultion -
Olive Branch Petition
An attempt to make the king avoid war