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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 began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. -
The Proclamation of 1763 was a British decree issued on October 7, 1763, following the French and Indian War that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains to avoid conflict with Native Americans. While intended to stabilize relations with Indigenous peoples and protect British interests. -
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an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown.
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A "Declaration Act" can refer to different acts, but most commonly refers to the Declaratory Act of 1766, a British parliamentary act that asserted Britain's authority to pass laws and tax the American colonies, even after repealing the hated Stamp Act. https://youtu.be/RgGCNs8Od6Y?si=nPy-FjIHEFAR3Lwt -
The Townshend Acts, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, were a series of laws designed to raise revenue and assert authority over the American colonies, particularly to help pay off debt from the French and Indian War. https://youtu.be/FKGSda3sEVU?si=gOOn3M9f4I4K9e8E
