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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France -
Proclamation of 1763
Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America -
Stamp Act of 1765
Tax on paper -
Sugar Act
A tax on sugar -
Townshend Acts
British acts of Parliament passed -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people -
Tea Act
To reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled -
Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty -
Intolerable Acts
Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament -
1st Congressional Congress
A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States