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French and Indian War
The french and Indian war was a war between the Fench and the British. That was ended by the Treaty of Paris. This war lasted seven years -
Appalachian Mountains Proclamation Line of 1763
a proclamation declared by the British at the end of the french and Indian war. it was used to stop Native Americans from coming into the colonies. -
The Sugar act
The first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. It was a economic impact more than a constitutional impact. -
Sons of Liberty
was a secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
The Stamp Act
An act passed by the British Parliament. imposed the colonist to pay a tax on every printed paper they used. This act was repealed on March 18,1766. -
The Declaratory Act
provided the British with a broad mandate to impose laws, and taxes, on the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation between colonists and british soldiers that resulted in 5 deaths-propaganda -
Committees of Correspondence
Letter writing campaign to keep the colonists informed of what was going on in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
This happened because the British started a tax on tea then the colonies were on a ship with many barrels and the British dressed as Native Americans and sneaked on dumped all the tea into the Harbor, -
Intolerable Acts
These Acts that closed the Boston harbor. This act also taxed more goods and it put Massachusetts under the martial law -
The Quartering Act
This was an act that made most colonists host a British soldier. The British soldiers had to live with the colonists for a period of time. -
1st Continental Congress
twelve colonies except Georgia meet to discuss the treatment of the colonies by the British -
Lexington and Concord,
British Parliament declared that the colony of Massachusetts was in a state of rebellion.Also the British government had tightened its grip on the government of Massachusetts.
