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French and Indian War
War against British America and New France -
Albany Plan
Create the government of the 13 colonies. Created by Benjamin Franklin -
Proclamation of 1763
The British made this proclamation to stop conflict between the colonist and the Native Americans, so they made a line that the colonist couldn't pass. -
Sugar Act
British parliament put a tax on tea and sugar. -
Stamp Act
British parliament put taxes on paper and documents -
Quartering Act
Law put in place the the colonist had to house a British solider and provide with food and somewhere to sleep. -
Townshend Act
Taxes on everything -
Boston Massacre
A rebellion from the colonist which caused death. -
Boston Tea Party
protest in Boston where colonist revolted against the taxes by throwing tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed after the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that discussed things that went on in the colonies. -
Lexington and Concord
First military battle of the Revolutionary War