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French and Indian war
Was the North American theater of the worldwide seven years war. The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France with both sides supported by military. -
Proclamation of 1763
Was issued in 1763 by king George lll following great britains acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and indian war. -
Sugar act
Parliament passed a modified version of the sugar and molasses act which was about to expire under the molasses act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon -
Townshend act
We're series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the parliament of grant britian relating to British colonies in North America -
Boston massacre
Was a street fight that occurred on March 5 1770 between a patriot mob throwing snowballs stones and sticks and a squad of brithish soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to acampaign by speech writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Tea act
Was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by britian on her American colonies. The policy ignited a "power keg" of opposition and resentment among American colonist and was the catalyst of the Boston tea party. -
Boston tea party
The Boston tea party was a political protest by the sons of Liberty in Boston on December 16 1773 -
Intolerable act
We're the American patriots term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament in 1774 after the Boston tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston barber. -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the second continental congress states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776
