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The French and Indian war was a war with the French vs the British both having several Native American tribes supporting them. -
The Proclamation of 1763 made it so no colonists can settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists didn't like this because they wanted more space. -
The British needed to pay off debts from the French and Indian war. They taxed the colonists for sugar products. -
The British taxed the colonists on paper products. Any printed paper materials were taxed. -
A series of laws that changed the structure of the American government and taxed certain goods. They needed to raise revenue to pay off debts -
British soldiers fired and killed several people. The British soldiers were being harrassed by a mob. -
The British wanted to reduce the amount of tea in their warehouses. They lowered the price of their tea so people would buy theirs's and not the illegal smuggled tea. -
The colonists didn't want to be taxed on their tea. So, the Sons of Liberty went and dumped a lot of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The British needed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. They made it so that soldiers couldn't enter and stay in your house. -
Leaders from every colony except Georgia met to discuss what to do. They decided on how to respond to the British.