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Albany Plan of Union
a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
Proclamation of 1763 (colonist reaction)
A proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
A revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764. -
Currency Act
One of many several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. -
Stamp Act
The first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. -
Quartering Act
A minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. -
Townshend Act
Series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue duties.
