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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war between the French and the English who both had different Indian tribes as allies. The war started in 1754 and officially ended in 1763. The war was for control of North America. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was announced by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to reassure Native Americans as English colonies were being settled in North America. It created a boundary separating British Colonies and American Indian lands. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a law that attempted to control the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. -
Stamp Act of 1766
The stamp act of 1766 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London -
Townshend Acts of 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of events passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. Some American colonists saw the act as an abuse of power. -
Tea Act
The British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act gave the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773. American Colonists were angry at Britain because of taxes, they dumped 342 boxes of tea into the harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts, in U.S. colonial history, four punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance, together with the Quebec Act establishing a new administration for the territory ceded to Britain after the French and Indian War -
1st Continental Congress
From 1774 to 1789, the Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States.