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French and Indian War
North America had a conflict when Great Britain and France were in a war -
Proclamation of 1736
King George III used it to forbid all settlement west -
Sugar Act
A revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain -
Stamp Act of 1765
Great Britain imposed a direct tax on British colonies in America and required printed materials to be stamped with a embossed revenue stamp -
Townshend Acts
A series of British acts of Parliament relating to the British colonies in America -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston -
Tea Act
It was an act to reduce the massive amount of tea -
Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest -
Intolerable Acts
Laws that were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonies for their Tea Party protest -
1st Congressional Congress
A meeting of the delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the U.S.