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The French and Indian War
French and English fought over land that the French had bought in the Colonies and the war ended in the Treaty of Paris -
The Proclamation of 1763
King George the III said that the colonial settlers couldn't have land on the west side of the Appalachian mountains and they couldn't make deals with the natives -
The Sugar Act
To stop people from smuggling molasses and sugar they changed the price so it was lower -
Stamp Act of 1766
Britain was in financial trouble so they taxed the colonists and used stamps on paper -
Townshend Acts of 1767
The Townshend Acts taxed goods that were imported to the Colonies -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers got harassed by a mob in Boston and shot and killed multiple people -
Tea Act
The British forced the Colonists buy tea from them and had tax on the tea that the colonists had to pay -
Boston Tea Party
The Colonists got angry with the British and they went aboard a ship with tea and dumped the tea overboard into the harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed by the British to punish the Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea Party -
1st Continental Congress
The delegates decided whether they should boycott British goods
