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French and Indian War
North America's war with the French. -
Proclamation of 1763
A proclamation forbidding any settlement west of Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act of 1765
Required American colonists to pay tax for paper. -
Sugar Act
End of smuggling sugar or molasses from French to Dutch West Indies. -
Townshend Acts
British placed more taxes and took away some freedom from American colonists. -
The Boston Massacre
Street fight between colonists and British soldiers. -
Tea Act
Allowing British to ship tea right to the colonies without going to England first. -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by American colonists by dumping crates of tea into Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws meant to punish Massachusetts passed by British government after Boston Tea party. -
1st Congressional Congress
Meeting of delegates from 12 of 13 colonies.