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This was a war in which Britain defeated France and their American Indian allies, and gained control of eastern North America.
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The Stamp Act was a law passed by parliament that required colonists to pay taxes on printed materials. -
The Boston Massacre was an incident when British soldiers killed 5 colonists in Britain. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against British taxes by Bostonian protestors, and they dumped tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts were passed by Parliament in 1774, to control the colonies. -
The First Continental Congress was a group of delegates representing all the American colonies, except Georgia, that met in 1774.