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French and Indian war
The French and Indian War was part of a larger conflict called the Seven Years' War. It was fought in North America between the British colonies and the French colonies, with both sides getting help from different Native American tribes. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 that required colonists in America to pay a tax on printed materials, like newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. The tax was represented by a stamp placed on these items. -
Townshend act
Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770, when nine British soldiers fired into a crowd of 300-400 people in Boston. The crowd had been yelling at the soldiers and throwing things like snowballs and rocks. Several people were shot and killed, and this event helped increase anger toward British rule in the American colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. -
Intolerable acts
They were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 American colonies (Georgia did not attend) held in Philadelphia in September 1774. The Congress was formed in response to the British government's Intolerable Acts. -
Lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord was the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War.