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French and Indian War
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Stamp Act of 1763
Stamp Act imposed on American colonies. In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the British government passes the Stamp Act on this day in 1765. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War. It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, which was delineated as an Indian Reserve
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Sugar Act
Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian ...
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Townshend Acts of 1765
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. ... Early attempts, such as the Stamp Act of 1765 – which taxed colonists for every piece of paper they used – were met with widespread protests in America.Nov 9, 2009
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The Boston Massacre
a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Tea Act
In an effort to save the troubled enterprise, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. -
Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Part. -
1st Congressional Congress
meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States