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The French and Indian war
The war was started because they were trying to figure out if the upper Ohio Valley was part of the British Empire and was open for trade or part of the French Empire it ended in 1762 -
The Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation was started by the British crown after the French and Indian war it would stop Indians from being mad by checking the person whos on their territory. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was when British legislation wanted to stop the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses from French and Dutch West Indies -
Stamp Act of 1766
The Stamp Act was when colonists were forced to buy a British stamp every time they obtained an official document. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
The Townshend Acts were 4 acts passed by the British to exert authority over the colonies through obtaining representative assembly and through provisions for collections of revenue duties. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a riot that started off as a street fight and then escalated to a chaotic murder it started an anti British sentiment. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was when people wanted to make tea marketable in America after the Townshend Acts duties were lifted off except tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party was a political protest in which American Colonist were mad at Britain for imposing tax without representation and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were high tax laws the British parliament passed made to punish Massachusetts colonists after the Boston Tea Party -
1st Continental Congress
The 1st Continental Congress was when 12 of the 13 British colonies met in Philadelphia to organize a resistance to the Parliament Coercive Acts.