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French and Indian War
A war between Britain and it's colonies, vs the French and it's American Indian allies. The British would win this war, gaining access to eastern North America in the process. -
Stamp Act
A law passed that made parliament pay a tax on any printed material. -
Boston Massacre
A snowball fight in Boston somehow resulted in 5 colonists being shot and killed by British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest against British taxes in which colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable acts
An act that Parliament passed in an attempt to further control the Colonists -
The First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates representing each colony except Georgia.