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French and Indian War
It was apart of the 7 Year War against Britain and France with the Colonist helping Britain and Native Americans with France. -
Sugar Act
The British taxed the Colonist on foreign molasses. 6 pence per gallon. -
Proclamation Line 1763
It was issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident where British soldiers killed shot and killed colonist while under attack by the mob. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a Political Protest by the Sons of Liberty on the Taxation of Tea. -
Stamp Act
It was a tax imposed on the American Colonist by the British. It made the Colonist pay taxes on every single sheet of printed paper. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts (also called the Coercive Acts) were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought between the British and the American Colonist.
