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French and Indian war
It was a war between the British and the French with the Indians supporting each side which pitted the North Americans. -
The Proclamation of 1763
It prohibited Anglo-Americans from settling on land that the French owned. -
The Sugar Act
British ended smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French. -
The stamp act of 1766
It required people to pay a tax represented by a a stamp on various forms of papers to pay for British soldiers -
Townshend acts of 1767
It was an act by the British of taxing goods imported to the American colonies. -
The Boston massacre
Angry mobs began to attack British loyalists and it lead on to brawls between colonists and British soldiers. -
The Tea Act
It was a parliament to reduce the amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a protest of the Massachusetts American colonists and they dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts.
It was a punishment of the People who participated in the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting of 12 of the British colonies to become American colonies.