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french and indian war
The British victory in the French and Indian War had a great impact on the British Empire. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763, proclamation declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Sugar Act
Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, -
Stamp Act of 1765
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767 -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston -
Tea Act
In an effort to save the troubled enterprise, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773 -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct protest by colonists in Boston against the Tea Tax that had been imposed by the British government -
Intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party -
1st Congressional Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.