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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British Proclamation that forbade the colonies from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. It helped lead the American Revolution cause the felt like the could live anywhere the wanted because the British thought it might lead into a war. -
Stamp Act
an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown. -
Townshend Act
Townshend Act in U.S. colonial history,series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what is considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions. -
Boston Massacre
Shots fired by British soldiers in the streets of Boston in 1770 would spark the American Revolution. The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5,1770. the Boston Massacre is remembered as a key event in help to galvanize the colonial public to the Patriot cause -
Tea Act
Tea Act was an of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was t reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouse and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party initially referred to by John Adams as the Destruction of the tea in Boston was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable Act were passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. There were three major acts involved that angered the colonists. -
Lextington and Concord