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Sugar Act
The American Revenue Act of 1764, so called Sugar Act, was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France -
Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies -
Proclamation of 1763
After Britain won the Seven Years' War and gained land in North America, it issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763 -
Stamp Act
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents -
Quartering Act
On this day in 1765, Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies -
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts. The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767 -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War