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| Pontiac's war | a 1763 conflic between Indians and British over Indian lands in the great lakes area |
| Proclamation Act | a 1763 law forbidding colonists to settle west of Appalachian mountains |
| Sugar Act | in 1764 this act lowered the tax on molasses |
| stamp act | a 1765 law that placed new duties on legal documents, playing cards, dice, newspapers |
| Townshend Act | laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea |
| Boston Massacre | 1770 conflict in which five colonists were killed by British troops |
| Committees of Correspondance | letterwriting campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies |
| Tea Act | a 1773 law that let the British East India company bypass tea merchants and sell directly to colonists |
| Boston Tea Party | 1773 protest when colonists dumped tea in harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | a series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party |
| First Continental Congress | in 1774 a meeting of delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia |
| Battles of lexington & Concord | in 1775, conflcts between Massechusetts colonists and British soldiers that started the Revolutionary war. |
| Writ of Assistance | legal document that allowed British customs officials to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason |
