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French And Indian War
french and Indians were arguing about the Appalachian mountains. -
Proclamation Act
British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide -
Sugar Act
to encourage trade with the British West Indies at the expense of the French and Dutch West Indies. -
Stamp Act
imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, -
Boston massacres
a deadly riot It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter
Turning point -
Boston Tea Act
a political protest American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Tea Act
granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in -
intolerable act
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 & Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Olive Branch Petition
appeals directly to King George III and expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain
