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French & Indian War
The French and Indian War, aka the Seven Years' War, pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
Proclamation Line 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 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. -
Sugar Act
Titled The American Revenue Act of 1764, aka the Sugar Act, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733, which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Stamp Act
A tax that was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts passed 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. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, aka the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts, aka the Coercive Acts, were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. -
Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
