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The French and Indian war started because of the North American conflict that was part of the larger imperial conflict between Great Britian and France known as the "seven years' war"
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In 1763, at ethe end of the French and Indian war, the British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the number of settlers on their lands.
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The end of the French and Indian war occured because in the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britian received Spanish Florida, upper Canada, and various Fench holdings overseas.
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The Stamp Act was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government.
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The Boston Massacre was a squad of British soldiers, who came to support a sentry who was being pressed by a loud crowd who let loose a volley of shots. Three poeple were killed instantly and two died later on. The Boston Massacre was known as a key event in helping to galvanize the colonial public to the patriot cause.
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The Tea Act was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists by the heavily indebted British government in the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary war.
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The Boston Tea party initially refered to by John Adams as the "destruction of the tea in Boston," was a political protest by the sons of liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773
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The Intolerable Acts was the Americans patriots name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
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Lexington and Concord was their destination was Lexington, where they would capture colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then concord where they would seize gunpowder.
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The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson on June 28, 1776. It is the nations most cherished symbol of liberty and Jeffersons most enduring monument.
