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French and Indian War
A war that started over a conflict between Great Britain and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Treaty of Paris granted Britain a deal of valuable North American land. -
Sugar Act
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French. -
Stamp Act
A tax that was imposed on all American colonists and made them pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Townshend Acts
It taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
A street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing things, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Tea Act
The purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies, but to bail out the floundering East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the chests of tea into to the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Four punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament. -
1st Congressional Congress
Delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Congressional Congress