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The french and Indian war
The British American colonies fought against the colonies of New France. There were more British colonial troops then there were French and since their were not as many troops on the French said the native Americans chose to fight with them. And during the fight George Washington ambushed a French patrol -
The treaty of paris
A document signed by Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal it ended the 7 years' war that is also known as the French and Indian war. France gave Louisiana to Spain -
the stamp act
The British parliament imposed attacks on the transfer of documents and also on any other printed materials the purpose was to pay for the British troops to stay in America after the French and Indian war -
Non-Importation Agreements
A boycott that limited the important of goods into Boston (lasted up to 2 years) -
The boston massacre
one night the colonist were getting rowdy with British troops and decided to throw snowballs and rocks at them one of the solders shot their gun up into the air and the other troops thought to fire and killed 5 people that night -
The Boston Tea Party
the sons of liberty gatherd a group of people and decided to dress up as native americans and roman the streets of boston. The colonist were protesting "no taxation without representation" and in response the british parliment signed intolerable act that ended self government and closed Bostons buisnesses
