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French and Indian War
A major war fought between Britain and France in the American colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
A declaration made by Britain that ended the French and Indian War. -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed this act, which was a tax on sugar in the colonies. -
Stamp Act
Another tax put on the American colonies by the British that put a tax on all printed materials (newspapers, legal documents, etc.) -
Quartering Act
Required the colonists to provide shelter to British soldiers without their consent. -
Townshend Acts
Four laws were passed by Parliament, for American colonists. This angered the colonists more. -
Boston Massacre
A group of British soldiers shot into a crowd after being provoked and killed five colonists. -
Tea Act
It reinforced a tea tax in the American colonies and also prohibited colonists from buying tea from other sources. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest by American colonists after the Tea Act was passed. Colonists dressed up as American Indians and poured approximately 342 chests of tea into the harbor in Boston. -
Intolerable Acts
They were harsh and "intolerable" laws passed by Parliament. They were meant to punish colonists after the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
All of the colonies (except Georgia) secretly sent representatives to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They demanded rights (life, liberty, property, public assembly, and trial by jury). -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles marked the beginning of the American Revolution.