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French and Indian War
The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America -
Proclamation of 1763
It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, which was delineated as an Indian Reserve. -
Sugar Act
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies -
Stamp Act of 1765
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used -
townshend acts
New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Tea Act
Granted the right to ship tea directly to the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into the ocean -
Intolerable Acts
An act made to punish the people who participated in the tea party. -
1st Congressional Congress
reaction to the Coercive Acts