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Start French and Indian War
It was a fight over the England and France to take control of the Ohio River Valley. -
End of French Indian War
British won the war with the French -
Proclamation of 1763
issued by King George the 3rd following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America. -
Sugar Act
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies. -
Stamp Act
Makes the colonists pay more for anything that have stamps on it -
Townshend Acts
series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767 -
Boston Massacre
Deadly riot that occurred on king street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and lone British soldier. -
Tea Act
Was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled BRIC in its London warehouse -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty in Boston snuck onto a British East India Company and threw the cargo on board over board -
Intolerable Acts
Laws that punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party -
First continental Congress
when the British colonies had the first meeting every of the first 12 colonies