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Intolerable Acts
The goal of this was to punish the people in Boston for dumping the tea in the harbor. To do this they passed laws in anger against Boston. -
French and Indian War
It was a war between the North American colonies of the British Empire. At the start of the war, the French had 60,000 settlers compared to the 2 million British colonies. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation prohibited Anglo-Americans from settling on French lands. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists in Boston were mad at Britain for taxing everyone on the tea for no reason and with no consultation, they dumped 342 crates of tea into the harbor. -
The Sugar Act
There was a goal of raising 100,00 pounds. The Sugar Act lowered the heavy-duty on molasses from 6 pence a gallon to 3 pence a gallon. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
The whole point was to get colonists to pay a tax by a stamp. On lots of different documents and papers. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
A lot of measures were talked about and enforced by the British in 1767, that taxed goods should be taken and imported to American colonies -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed lots of people, they had been harassed and abused by a mom in Boston of British soldiers. -
Tea Act
The act was granting the company permission to ship its tea straight to colonies without consulting first. And they taxed them on all the tea that was being shipped. -
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The First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the U.S.A.
