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It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies.
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Was a plan to create a unified governement for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress.
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It prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian. The Treaty of Paris, which marked the end of the French and Indian War, granted Britain a great deal of valuable North American land.
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Was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties.
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An act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
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Is a name given to two or more Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food.
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Were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 relating to the British colonies in America.
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Was a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter.
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Was a political and mercantile protest by the sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Was a package of five laws implemented by the British government with the purpose of restoring authority in its colonies.
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Was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.
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Were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.