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Albany congress
It was a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of seven of the thirteen British colonies in British America: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire -
Royal Proclamation
The Royal Proclamation was the addition of new taxes and policies. It established the basis for governing the North American territories surrendered by France to Britain. -
The Stamp Act
Parliament passed laws such as the Stamp Act, which for the first time taxed a wide range of transactions in the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
the Americans were taunting the British and throwing things at them which cause the soldier to lost their cool and started firing into the crowd. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party destroying of tea in Boston Harbor -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was a measure imposed on the American colonists by the British government to gift the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
This was to punish the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea party. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government