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the french and indian war
The French and Indian war began in 1754 and ended with the treaty of Paris the war provided Great Britain more territorial gains. Disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying war's expenses led to colonial discontent and led to the American Revolution. -
the proclamation of 1763
Decreed in October the proclamation prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian war. The proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian war to appease native Americans by checking the encroachment of European settlers on their land -
the sugar act
Parliament, desiring revenue from North American colonies passed the first law specifically aimed at raising colonial money for the crown. The Sugar act reduced the rate o tax molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon. -
stamp act of 1766
It taxed newspaper almanacs and pamphlets broadside legal documents dice and playing card. The stamp act was very unpopular among the colonist. a majority considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent. -
Townshend acts of 1767
on June 1767 parliament passes the Townshend Act.
Townshend acts to help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies. -
the boston massacre
The Boston massacre was a street fight that occurred on march 5 1770 between a patriot mob throwing sticks stones and snowballs at British soldiers. many colonists died. -
tea act
In an effort to save the troubled enterprise, the British parliament passed the tea act in 1773. The act granted the company the right to shop its tea directly in the colonies. -
boston tea party
the Boston tea party was a political protest that occurred on December 16 1773 at griffins wharf in Boston Massachusetts -
Intolerable acts
The Intolerable acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament in 1774 after the Boston tea party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act, a tax measure enacted by Parliament in May 1773. -
1st continental congress
on July 4 1776 the congress took the important step of formally declaring the colonies independence from great Britain.