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French & Indian war
The fight between French and Britain over whether upper Ohio valley belong to the British empire or the French empire. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation limited the 13 colonies from expanding beyond the Appalachian mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act adjusted the tax the colonists paid on molasses. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp act required all legal documents to be on especially stamped and taxed. -
Boston massacre
A group of British soldiers fired into a crowd of people and killed 5 Bostonians. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act permitted English East India company to sell tea to the colonies. -
Boston Tea Acts
The sons of liberty dumped shiploads of tea into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Required that Boston harbor be closed until the destroyed tea was payed for. -
Battle of Lexington Concord
It stated the revolutionary war. -
Olive branch petition
The colonists attempted to bring peace between the British and themselves.