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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. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George on October 7th, 1763. -
Sugar Act
Also known as the American Revenue Act of 1764, so called "Sugar Act" was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties -
Stamp Act Of 1765
An act regulating stamp duty -
Townshend Acts
A series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 relating to the British colonies in America -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occured on March 5th, 1770 when British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men -
Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10th, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a political protest that occurred on December 16th, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
The series of acts British Parliament passed in 1774 in reaction to the Boston Tea Party came to be known in the American colonies as the Intolerable Acts. -
1st Congressional Congress
On September 5th, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts