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The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War ended with the Treaty of Paris which took place in 1763.
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The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, 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.
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The Sugar Act (aka: the American Revenue Act) was a revenue raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain in April of 1764.
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The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was forced on all American colonists and it made them pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. For example, ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
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The Townshend Acts were a course of British acts passed beginning in 1767. The acts was named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who suggested the program. It was similar to the repeals stamp act but only taxed imported goods that were not directly produced in colonies.
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The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770. It was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech writers to wake up the anger of the citizens.
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On December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty got aboard three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passing of the harsh Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed them closer and closer to having a war over it.
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The Intolerable Acts (aka: 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 against the British.
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The battle of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge.
