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The Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763, proclamation declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France.The French and Indian War, which took place between 1754-1763 -
sugar act
a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. -
Boston massacre
when British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men. since to the Boston Massacre the British had instituted a number of new taxes on the American colonies including taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead. -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
Boston blockade
The Boston Port Act was designed to punish the inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts for the incident that would become known as the Boston Tea Party. -
intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
continental congress
a convention of delegates from a number of British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution, who acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States of America. -
declaration of independence
This document stated that the American colonies would no longer be a part of Great Britain and that they would form their own country. -
Taxes
Britain was in a recession after a war, so it created taxes for the colonists in America. The British Parliament put taxes on sugar and molasses and enforced tax collection.
