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French and Indian War
ended the treaty with paris -
Albany Plan
A proposal made at the Albany congress -
Proclamation of 1763
prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. -
Sugar Act
the goal of raising 100,000 pounds -
stamp act
imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used -
quarting act
outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. -
townshend act
a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. -
Boston Masacre
the British as the Incident on King Street was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
boston tea party
political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
Intolerable Acts
punishment for the destruction wrought during the Boston Tea Party -
1st Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
Lexington and Concord
signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war