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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was a war between America and France. -
Sugar Act
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar. -
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
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly grow to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. -
Tea Act
The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England. -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
1st Congressional Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.