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French and Indian War
was a conflict between Britain and France over New World territory between the years 1754–63. -
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, which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. -
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
the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. -
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 -
Townshend Acts
where a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. -
Boston Massacre
was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. -
Boston Tea Party
was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts -
Intolerable Acts
were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
1st continental congres
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 fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83).