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The French and Indian war
the British Empire against the French and each side had natives helping them. -
The Sugar Act
British legislation wanted to end the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses coming from the from the French and Dutch West Indies to get increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities after the French and Indian war. -
Stamp Act of 1766
the Stamp act congress was convened in New York (October 1765) by representatives of nine colonies to frame the solving of rights and to petition the king for repeal of the objectionable measures. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
The Townshend Acts was a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in that taxed goods that were taken to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, thought that it was a misuse is power -
The Boston Massacre
a confirmation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed. -
tea act
the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act gave the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without stopping in England first it in England. -
boston tea party
an American protest that the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts did, on December 16, 1773. -
intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 because of the Boston Tea Party. The laws were made to punish the Massachusetts colonists that participated in the Tea Party protest in that happened because of changes in taxation by the British Government. -
1st Continental Congress
this convened in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Delegates talked about boycotting British goods to fix the rights of Americans and planned for a Second Continental Congress. -
The Proclamation of 1763
a British made boundary made in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide ,the Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands claimed from the French after the French and Indian war.
