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French and Indian War
England and Colonies vs France and Native Americans -
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists were not allowed to expand west and this upset them. -
Sugar Act
All sugar and molasses imported had a tax. -
Stamp Act
All legal documents had to have a stamp. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists went to protest and began throwing rocks and snow at British troops, someone yelled fire and soldiers shot into crowd killing 5 people. -
Tea Act
Colonists could only buy from British Merchants. -
Boston Tea Party
Patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians and tossed tea crates into the sea. British were angered. -
Intolerable Acts
the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The First battle of the Revolution also known as the shot heard around the world. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Second continental congress sent a petition as a last resort to prevent war. It stated that colonists were loyal to the crown and had rights. King James rejected it.