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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended February 1763. The French and Indian fought over land and "cultural future." -
Proclamation of 1763
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was an act that raised colonial money for the crown. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act where there was a stamp which was also a tax stamp and it was stamped on anything printed with paper. It was made to raise money to the king. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was revoked. This act stated that Parliament could make laws "binding" the American colonies in all cases reguardless. -
Townshed Acts
The Townshed Act was an act to help pay the expenses of the American colonies. Parliament passed the Townshend Acts which raised taxes on paper, tea, and more. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when a group of 9 soldiers killed 5 people which were in a crowd of hundreds of people that were harassing the soldiers. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an act that reinforced a tea tax in the American colonies. During this act, colonist were unable to buy tea from any other way. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest where in 1773 they were raiding and dumping shiploads of tea into the water to protest the British tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
"The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party." -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of the people from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
Lexington Concord
The Lexington Concord was a battle that marked the start of the American War of Independence.