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French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris was the treaty that ended the French Indian war also known as the Seven years war because it lasted seven years. France ceded all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi River to Britain. The costs of the war contributed to the British government’s decision to impose new taxes on its American colonies. -
sugar act
increased tax by not allowing the smuggling of molasses into the American colonies and enforcing the collection of higher taxes and duties. -
stamp act
The stamp act was meant to provide increased revenues to meet the costs of defending the enlarged British Empire. -
townshend Revenue act
The act that taxed goods imported to the American colonies, Which americans who didn't know about the parliament saw as an abuse of power -
Boston massacre
A big fight between British troops and a crowd of Boston citizens -
Tea act
Patriots dump tea into the boston Harbor during the Boston tea party