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The Frech and Indian War
The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America, the Caribbean, and in India. -
Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains. -
Committees of Correspondence
Organized by Samual Adams, this helped spread propaganda and information through letters. -
Sugar Act
Act that put a three cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes of coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It banned importation of rum and French wines. -
Currency Act
Parliament argued that colonial currency had caused a devaluation harmful to British trade. They banned American Assemblies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit. -
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Colonists tried to fight back by imposing non-importation agreements. -
Stamp Act Congress
In 1765, 27 delegates from nine colonies met in NYC and drew up a statement of rights and grievances thereby bringing colonies together in opposition to Britain. -
Townshend Acts
Series of four acts passed by the British Parliament. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
The Intolerable Acts
A series of British measures passed in 1774 and designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Battle of Lexington And Concord
The first battle of the American Revolution