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The French and Indian War
It was a North American and French war. It provided Britain teritorial gains. It ended in 1763. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British produced place marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. On October 7, 1763, the Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. -
The Sugar Act
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French -
The Stamp Act
ANything paper was required to have a stamp on in -
Townshend Act
It was an act which taxed goods. Like paper, glass, lead and tea. They also hung tax collecters. -
Boston Massacre
The colonist attacked the soldiers. They threw snowballs at them and it made the soldiers so mad they shot they killed 5 people. -
Boston Tea Party
Tea was thrown overboard and burnt. THe ocean started to stink because of all the dead fish. They dressed up as Native Americans. -
Tea act
They taxed tea and made it so only 1 company could be bought from. -
Intolerable Acts
It was meant to punish the colonist who destroyed all the tea. -
1st Continental Congress
Delegates discussed boycotting British goods to establish the rights of Americans and planned for a Second Continental Congress.