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The French and Indian War Ends
The Treaty of Paris was signed and the French lost their Canadian Possessions, Spain gained all French lands including Louisiana, and Britain got all French land in Canada. -
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1763-1775
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Sugar Act
The British law charged taxes on sugar imported by the colonies. Other products like molasses were taxed as well. -
Currency Act
One of several acts that regulated the issuing of money by the colonies of British America -
Quartering Act
This act required the colonists to provide both housing and supplies for the British troops that were stationed there after the French and Indian War. -
Townshend Acts
A series of acts of Parliament passed by Britain that taxed all goods imported to American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation/ act of terrorism in Boston led by British soldiers. Started as a "street brawl' between American colonists and a British soldier, which quickly escalated, hence the name "Boston Massacre" -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a law made and passed by the parliament of Great Britain; The Tea Act granted the British East India company the right to ship tea directly to colonies without sending it to England first. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest against the British Parliaments 'Tea Act'; American colonists were angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation", so they dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor as part of their protest. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements in the Revolutionary War. The British Army set out to capture the rebel leaders, such as Samuel Adams In Lexington; were also determined to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition that they kept in Concord. -
Stamp Act
This Act required the colonists to pay a tax on almost all printed materials which included newspapers, books, court documents, contracts and land deeds.
