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British Colonies viewed an attack
The French in Canada began building forts on lands in the Ohio Rivier Valley claimed by both France and Britain. -
British defeated the French and Indians
After the French and Indian War, French Canada became a British colony. -
Proclamation
The British King ordered that the colonists were to stop settling the western land just won from France. -
Sugar Act
Parliment passed a law that came to be known as the Sugar Act. This law said the colonists must pay tax on many goods coming to the colonies from other places. -
Stamp Act
People held a meeting in New York City called the Stamp Act Congress. They discussed the problems that the new tax laws had caused. -
Boston Massacre
A crowd gathered near several British soldiers. Some in the crowd shouted insults at the soldiers and began to throw rocks ans snowballs.