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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. -
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 ending the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies. -
Stamp Act of 1765
Direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on the stamp paper produced in London. -
Townshend Acts
A series of British acts of Parliament passing during 1767 and 1768 relating to he British colonies in America. -
The Boston Massacre
Political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
Tea Acts
Reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouse. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a protest by the American Colonists against the British government. -
Intolerable Acts
Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Congressional Congress
Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.