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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was between the French and the British and they each teamed up with Indians. It lasted 9 years and the British won. -
The Proclamation of 1763
After the war, colonists began to move west. King George 111 issued the Proclamation of 1763 which banned settlement west of the Appalachian mountains. -
The Sugar Act
Great Britain had to pay for the French and Indian War so they passed the Sugar Act to tax colonists to make them help pay the costs. Colonists believed there should be no taxation without representation in Parliament. -
The Stamp Act of 1766
Colonists had to pay for official stamp, or seal, on any purchase of paper items. Which is playing cards, paper, napkins, and anything else made of paper. The Stamp Act Congress of 1765 declared the tax a violation of colonial rights. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
The Townshend Acts was a tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Also there was the writs of assistance which means the permission to search and trespass a persons home. -
The Boston Massacre
A crowd of colonists gathered in Boston after a British soldier stuck a colonist. The colonists called it a massacre even though 5 people died so that it would make the British sound bad. -
The Tea Act
Parliament passed the Tea Act to allow the British East India Company to sell cheap tea to the colonists. They made it illegal for them to buy tea from anyone else besides them. -
The Boston Tea Party
That night colonists disguised as Indians and attacked the British tea ships and threw the tea overboard into the sea. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was to punish their "tea party". The Intolerable Acts closed the Boston Harbor, the Massachusetts's charter was cancelled, royal officials accused of crimes would be sent to Great Britain for trial, and General Thomas Gage who was British was made the new governor of Massachusetts. -
The 1st Continental Congress
The 1st Continental Congress was a meeting in Philadelphia of delegates from all the colonies except for Georgia. The delegates halted trade with Britain and alerted the colonial militia to prepare for war. They drafted the Declaration of Rights. The colonists who chose to fight for independence from Britain became known as Patriots and those who sided with Britain were called Loyalists or Tories.