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French and Indian War
War fought from 1754 to 1763 in which Britain and its colonies defeated France and its American Indian allies, gaining control of eastern North America -
Town shed Act
Parliament passed the townshed acts to pay the charges that had to do with governing the American colonies, which began taxes on lead, paint, glass, paper and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Incident on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers killed five colonists in Boston, and six were wounded. -
Boston Tea Party
Protest against British taxes in which Bostonian protesters dumped tea into the harbor on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
Sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, which Parliament passed in 1774 to control the colonies. -
Congress voted to declare independence
Officially, the Congress declared its freedom from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, when it approved a decision in a vote of complete agreement.