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The French and Indian war
The war was very expensive. Due to having to pay all of the war expenses it led to colonial discontent. -
The Proclamation of 1763
It was prohibited that Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands on this day and out. -
The sugar act
They cut foreign molasses by 50 percent. They also prohibited to have any foreign rum imported. -
Stamp Act of 1765
They created a stamp that was on letters, papers and even playing cards that made people pay a tax. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
Made there be taxes on glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre
It was a street fight that accrued. Many colonists died. -
Tea Act
Made it so that tea could be shipped and sailed to colonists -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists dumped tones of tea into the ocean to protest against the tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
four laws where passed from the British to the colony's of Massachusetts bay for the tea party. -
1st Continental Congress
A compact among the colonies to boycott British goods.
