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Proclamation
After the conclusion of the French and Indian War in America, the British Empire began to tighten control over its rather autonomous colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
In response to the Tea Act patriots dressed as American Indians dump British tea into Boston Harbor. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by Native American allies. -
Sugar Act
This British law charged duties on sugar imported by the colonies. Several other products were also taxed. -
Stamp Act
This British law required certain printed materials including newspapers in America be on paper produced in Brittan and stamped with a revenue stamp. -
Townshend Act
A series of acts passed By Brittan beginning in 1767 that taxed the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
An angry mob of colonist confronts British soldiers in Boston. Five colonists are killed. -
Tea Act
This act basically gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea trade in the Americas. -
intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. -
1st continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.