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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war gave Great Britain huge territorial gains in North America, but debated over following frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and to the American Revolution. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced limits marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. Commanded on October 7, 1763, the Proclamation Line didn't allow Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands bought from the French following the French and Indian War. -
The Sugar Act
Sugar Act, also known as Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, British legislation directed at ending the illegal movement trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at supplying increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian. -
The Stamp Act
On March 22, 1765, the British Lords passed the "Stamp Act" to help pay for British troops positioned in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act considered the colonists to pay a tax, appear for by a stamp, on many papers, documents, and playing cards -
Townshend Acts of 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of measured, passed by the British Lords in 1767, that taxed goods sent to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in leadership, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that happened on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It started as a street brawl in American. -
The Tea Act
In an attempt to save the troubled enterprise, the British Lords passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act gave the company the right to ship the tea directly to the colonies without it landing in England first, and to commission agents who would have the right to sell tea in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a public protest that took place on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress get together in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774 representatives discussed staying away from British goods to set up the rights of Americans and hoped for a Second Continental Congress. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts (passed/Royal assent March 31–June 22, 1774) were corrective laws passed by the British Lords in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to discipline the Massachusetts colonists for their resistance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government.