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struggle between the British and the
French. Colonists fought for the British,
while the Native Americans fought for the
French.
 The British won, receiving all lands east of
the Mississippi River, except new Orleans.
 Colonists were not allowed to settle the land
they helped win.
 Colonists were taxed to pay the war cost.
 It
forbid settlers from settling past a line
drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
 The purpose of the proclamation was to
organize Great Britain's new North American
empire and to stabilize relations with Native
North Americans.
 The colonists were unhappy about this
because they fought for this land.
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was a revenue-raising act passed by the
Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764.
 The
Sugar Act Taxed Sugar
The Stamp Act was a tax on
every sheet of every legal
document.
 Cause: Britain needed
money because they were in
debt from the war so they
taxed the colonists.
 Effect: The colonists
boycotted British goods.
They also organized the Sons
of Liberty
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The Townshend Acts used all the
money collected for imported goods
to pay the salaries of British
soldiers. The Townshend Acts also
caused a tax for glass, lead, paint,
paper, and tea.
Cause: Britain still needed money,
but they needed a way to tax the
colonies “without offense.”
Effect: The colonists boycotted
British goods again.
The Boston Massacre was a clash between British
troops and a group of colonists in which five
colonists were killed.
Cause: After lots of ridicule, the tension finally
broke. Some colonists started throwing snowball in
front of the Boston Customhouse. The soldiers
became nervous and started shooting.
Effect: The Soldiers were acquitted and the
Townshend Acts were repealed.
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Tea Act was a tax on all imported tea
from Britain.
 Cause:
The colonists boycott against British
goods had hurt their trade, so the British
repealed the Townshend Acts after the
Boston Massacre. Parliament only kept the
tea tax.
 Effect:
The Sons of Liberty organized a
protest against the Tea Act known as the
Boston Tea Party.
 The
Boston Tea Party was a protest organized
by the colonists against the British. All the
colonists dressed up as Indians and snuck onboard the British ships in the harbor. Then
they threw all the tea on the ships into
Boston Harbor.
 Cause: The colonists were upset by the Tea
Act.
 Effect: The Intolerable Acts were passed to
keep the colonists under control.
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The Intolerable Acts were four strict laws that gave the British a
sense of more control over the colonies.
(1) they closed down the port of Boston until the colonists
paid for all of the tea they threw into Boston Harbor.
(2)they forbade any meetings without the governor’s
permission.
(3)they made the colonists house and feed British troops.
Finally, instead of British officials being tried for crimes in
the colonies, they would be tried in Britain.
(4) King George the third appointed General Thomas Gage
the new governor of Massachusetts.
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Cause: The Boston Tea Party.
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Effect: The colonists formed the 1st Continental Congress.