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Pontiac's Rebellion
A war waged by Native Americans against the British after the French and Indian War because the Native Americans were dissatisfied with how the British treated them. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
The treaty that officially ended the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation of 1763
A proclamation issued by King George III which prohibited colonists from moving further west than the Appalachians as a result of the Pontiac Rebellion. -
Sugar Act
A British law that was passed to reduce smuggling and stop trade with countries that weren't England. The law raised the tax on foreign sugar, indigo, etc. -
Stamp Act
A British act that put a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. -
Quartering Act
A law passed which required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by colonists and, if the barracks were too small for all of the soldiers, they were to be put up in local inns, stables, and the houses of sellers of wine. If there still wasn't enough room for all of the soldiers, they were to stay in uninhabited houses, barns, or other buildings. -
Declaratory Act
An act passed by the British that asserted their complete control over laws in the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
A British act that put taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies in hopes of settling the imperial expenses in the colonies. -
Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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First Continental Congress