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French and Indian war
The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America but paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans by checking the encroachment of European settlers on their lands. -
The sugar act
The goal of the sugar act was to raise revenue to help defray the military costs of protecting the American colonies at a time when Great Britain's economy was saddled with the huge national debt accumulated during the French and Indian War. -
The Currency Act
The Currency Act banned the colonies from printing their own paper money which effectively led to assuming control of the colonial currency system. -
Stamp Act
Helped pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Year War. -
The declaratory act
The Declaratory act stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767 that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Long Island
The British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.