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French and Indian war
Another name for the seven years war that was fought between the colonies of Britain and France.The war escalated from a small regional conflict into a world wide fight.The war was fought primarily along the frontiers separating New France from the British colonies -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation closed off the frontier to colonial expansion.The king and his council presented the proclamation to calm down the fears of the indians who felt like that the colonists would drive them out of their lands.The proclamation provided that all lands west of the heads of all rivers that raned into the Atlantic ocean from the west were off limits to the coloniests -
Stamp act
Imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament on the colonies of British America.It was on materials that were made of paper that were taxed to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the seven years war. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a 'patriot' and mob,throwing snowballs'stones,and sticks.The presence of British troops in the city of Boston were unwelcom.The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel and had to fire for what they thought was self defense -
Intolerable Acts
The goverment spent so much money on troops and equipment in attempt to subjugate Massachusetts.British merchants lost huge sums of money on looted,spoiled,and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies -
Boston tea party
The Boston tea party took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots,protesting the monopoly on American tea.They grabed 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the Boston harbor
