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French and Indian War
War in which Britain and its colonies defeated France and its American Indian allies. -
Stamp Act
Made to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during Seven Years' War. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston in which nine British soldiers shot some people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing the soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against British taxes. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were the American name for the Coercive Acts, which Parliament passed to control the colonies. -
First Continental Congress
Group of delegates representing all the American colonies. -
Townshend Act
A series of British acts that Parliament passed that introduced a series of taxes and regulations.