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French and Indian war
was a war between France and great britian -
proclamation of 1776
prohibited american colonists from going into Appalachia -
sugar act
ended a smuggling trade of plantation robbers -
stamp act
a tax on legal recognition of documents -
townshend acts
They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Boston massacre
a skirmish broke out between settlers and soldiers -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773 -
intolerable acts
punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. 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 -
1st Congressional Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
1st congressional congress
The First Continental Congress was created in 1774 in response to the Intolerable Acts. The delegates met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from September 5, 1774 to October 26, 1774. All of colonies, except Georgia, attended sending a total of fifty six delegates.