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The Proclamation of 1763
The British signed a document that stated they had control over North America. -
The Sugar Act
Parliament passed The Sugar Act which lowered the work on molasses from foreign businesses. -
Stamp Act of 1766
The Stamp Act made it so legal documents and other printed things must have a tax stamp. The stamps would then be traded in for tax. -
Townshend Acts of 1767
A series of measures passed by Parliament tat taxed goods had to be imported directly to the American Colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
It was a deadly measure and a riot. -
Tea Act
Tea would be directly shipped to colonies, and not stop in England first. Then, the tea would be sold in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a protest that made American colonists dumped 342 crates of tea of of the ship and into the water. -
Intolerable Act
This act punished the colonists in Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, and many things got shut down until they paid back the amount of the tea. -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting between delegates from most of the colonies that proposed the colonies and Great Britain could form a Union. The delegates declined the proposal. -
The French and Indian War
France and Britain fought to see who should control North America.