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French and Indian War
A war that lasted nine years and was fought between France and Great Britain in order to determine control of the colonial territory of North America. -
French and Indian War
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Stamp Act
Act passed by the British Parliament in order to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. -
Townshend Acts
In order to help pay for the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts. This initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
A group of seven British soldiers fired their guns into a crowd of protesting citizens, which ended up killing five, wounding six, and angering the whole colony. -
Boston Tea Party
Protest from American Patriots disgused as Mohawk Indians who threw 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor because of the tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament in order to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia that met in Philadelphia which was meant to set terms for a boycott.