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The French and Indian war was a 9 year long war. It was fought between the French and the Indians. It was over by 1763 because of the Treaty of Paris.

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The Sugar Act was a law passed by the British. It was created to increase the British revenues by preventing smuggling of molasses into the American colonies. A part of this higher taxes and duties were set on the people living there.

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Tea was the most popular drink in the American colonies. The Tea Act was a law set in place on May 10th, 1773 by the British Parliament, putting all control of the tea trade and delivery to the East India Tea Company. As a result tea was highly taxed.

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In March of 1765 the Stamp Act was set forth. The Stamp Act creating a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. This means that that paper items had pricy taxes put on them.

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The Townshend Acts were imposed in the summer months June and July of 1767. The Townshend Acts regulated the placement of taxes on goods that were imported to the American colonies. Some goods that were taxed were tea, paint, glass, paper, ect.

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The Boston Massacre occurred in March, 1770. It was a riot. The riot was between American colonists and a British soldier, it later because a huge riot between the two groups.

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On December 16th, 1773 the Boston Tea Party happened. The Boston Tea Party is a well known event where colonist threw over 300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbour. This was in protest against the taxation on tea.

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The Coercive Acts were a set of laws that were passed by the British Parliament. It was created to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party.  This was on March 28th, 1774.

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Lexington and Concord were a series of battles fought leading up to the Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on the 19th of April 1775. It is the main reason leading up to the Revolutionary war that kicked off the war.