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The French and Indian War
Also known as the Seven Years War It was a struggle
Between French and Britain for land and power -
Proclamation of 1763
It had forbade the colonists
From expanding west for fear of the Indians -
Stamp Act
It was the first attempt to govern the colonies It put taxes on everything -
The Boston Massacre
The angered colonists Made the soldiers opened fire killing several people -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as
Indians dumped 342
Boxes of tea in the
harbor -
Tea Act
The tea was sold at a cheap price most of the tea
Was left to rot -
Intolerable Acts
This was punishment to the colonists when they destroyed tea at the Boston Tea Party -
Declaration of Independence
It stated that
They were free
From Britain
said all the laws
That the colonies
Would follow
