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French & Indian War
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Royal Proclamation
Britain forbade colonists to move west because Britain needed the colonists to pay taxes. -
Quatering Act
Colonists were forced to share supplies and homes with soldiers -
Stamp Act
Colonists forced to pay extra for a stamp and other things -
Townshend Acts
A series of acts through which Colonists were forced to pay for things they didn't want -
Boston Massacre
Colonists were killed and injured by the British Army soldiers -
Tea Act
Colonists were forced to pay more for tea -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists threw tea into the ocean as a message to the British government -
Intolerable Acts
A series of acts, including the Boston Port Act (British closed down harbor) that led to big riots