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| Treaty of Paris 1763 | Agreement between France, Spain, and Great Britain ending the French and Indian War |
| the Currency Act of 1764 | act passed by Parliament prohibiting colonial currency |
| the Proclamation of 1763 | law which prohibited the Westward expansion of the colonies beyond an imaginary line crossing the Appalanchian Mountains |
| Sugar Act of 1764 | a tax imposed on the colonies by the British Crown |
| Stamp Act | a tax imposed on the colonies by the British Crown |
| Quartering Act 1765 | legislation that forced American colonists to provide housing and supplies to locally stationed British troops |
| Townshend Acts | series of taxes placed on everyday goods such as glass, paint, and tea |
| the Sons of Liberty | colonial group organized to protest British laws that taxed the colonies |
| Boston Massacre | 1774 killing of five colonists by British soldiers |
| Tea Act | a tax on tea in 1773, imposed on the colonies by the British crown |
| Boston Tea Party | an act of protest against the action of parliament during the American Revolution |
| Coercive Acts of 1774 | also called the Intolerable Acts was a punitive measures imposed by the British on American colonists following the Boston Tea Party |
| the Committees of Correspondence | Patriots who informed each other of British policies and actions in the colonies |
