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The French and Indian War ended in 1763, resulting in a British victory over the French and the gaining of French territory. However, they amassed a large amount of debt which would later be a consequence of the colonists. -
The Proclamation line prohibited the American colonists from encroaching on Native land west of the Appalachian Mountains -
To pay off debt, Britain imposed a tax on sugar, wine, etc on the American colonists. -
Parliament passed the Stamp Act in order to pay British soldiers from the French and Indian War. The Stamp Act taxed colonists on items such as paper, stamps, stationery, playing cards, etc. -
After colonists backlash over increased taxation without representation, Parliament sent the British army to prevent any future rebellion by the colonists -
British troops get into conflict with American colonists who threw things at soldiers. British troops set fire to the crowd killing five civilians. -
Parliament passed the Tea Act in order to enforce mercantilism and make a large profit for the joint stock company, the East India Company. -
Members of the Sons of Liberty boarded tea ships in the Boston Harbor dressed as Natives to dump tea as a protest in the harbor against the taxes imposed by the British government. -
As a response to colonial rebellion like the Boston tea party, Parliament passed the intolerable acts to enforce regulations on colonists. -
One of the first battles between colonists and the British army. Kickstarted the American Revolution and the war that would follow.