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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War made the British America colonies against New France. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George the third, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the Seven Years' War. -
Sugar Act
Sugar Act is when British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from French and Dutch West Indies. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Act of Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on British colonies in America that required a lot of printed materialism the colonies be produced on stamped paper, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Townshend Acts
A series of laws passed by the British government on American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
A confrontation where British soldiers shot and killed many people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Tea Act
The act granted the British Parliament the right to ship its tea to the colonies without first landing it in England. -
Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest by the sons of Liberty in Boston. -
Intolerable Acts
The punitive laws by the British Parliament. The laws were meant to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Boston Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
1st Congressional Congress
The meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies the became the United States.