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The French and Indian War was a fight between the British and the French over land in North America, and the British won. -
The Sugar Act was a law that made colonists pay extra money, like a tax on sugar and other goods, to help Britain pay off war debts. -
The Stamp Act was a rule that made colonists pay a tax on paper items like newspapers and legal documents, and they got really mad about it. -
The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers shot and killed a few colonists during a fight, and it made a lot of people angry at Britain. -
The Boston Tea Party was when colonists, mad about a tea tax, dumped a bunch of British tea into the ocean to protest. -
The First Continental Congress was when leaders from the colonies got together to talk about how to deal with Britain’s unfair laws.