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French and Indian war
A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. -
Albany plan
a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
Proclamation of 1763
British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Sugar Act
revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain -
Stamp Act
n 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. -
Quartering Act
outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies -
Townshend
that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw it as an abuse of power. -
Boston Massacre
a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. -
Boston Tea Party
political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party -
Lexington and Concord
were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
