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The French & Indian War
"Seven Years War", a conflict primarily fought between Britain and France over New World territory. -
The Proclamation of 1763
It was Declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War. -
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Taxes
King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies to help pay for the war. -
Sugar Act
A revenue raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men, in Boston. -
The Boston Tea Party
A protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to lower its tea tax and grant it money on the American tea trade. -
Boston Blockade
Closes the port of Boston and demanding that the city's residents pay about $1 million worth of tea dumped into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party; these laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest. -
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. -
The Declaration of Independence
Formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
