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Albany Plan
Plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies. -
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French and Indian war
pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
Proclamation of 1763
intended to conciliate the Indians -
Sugar act
AKA American Revenue act. imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses, -
Stamp Act
imposed a tax on many printed materials -
Quartering acts
colonist were forced to provide the British soldiers with housing and food. -
Townshend Acts
new taxes that took away some freedoms from the colonists including: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770 -
Boston Tea Party
political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, -
Intolerable acts
The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest -
1st Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
Lexington and Concord
first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
