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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French. -
Stamp Act
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts or Townshend Duties were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonian's, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest about the tax on tea, levied without representation in the British Parliament and against the monopoly of the East India Company. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts, sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.