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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the country and by American Indians. -
Proclamation of 1763
Great Britain claimed French land in North America which forbade all settlements west of the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts of Parliament relating to the British colonies in America. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Tea Act
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest. -
1st Congressional Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.