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French and Indian war of 1763
(1754–1763) was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America. -
Stamp act
An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies. -
Sugar act
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764. -
Townshend act
the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice Admiralty Court Act, and the New York Restraining Act. -
Boston massacre
In which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Boston tea party
To protest British Parliament's unfair tax on tea. "No taxation without representation." -
Intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.