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  Also known as the Seven Years War It was a struggle
 Between French and Britain for land and power
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  It had forbade the colonists
 From expanding west for fear of the Indians
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  It was the first attempt to govern the colonies It put taxes on everything
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  The angered colonists Made the soldiers opened fire killing several people
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  Colonists dressed as
 Indians dumped 342
 Boxes of tea in the
 harbor
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  The tea was sold at a cheap price most of the tea
 Was left to rot
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  This was punishment to the colonists when they destroyed tea at the Boston Tea Party
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  It stated that
 They were free
 From Britain
 said all the laws
 That the colonies
 Would follow