Conflict in North America that was part of a larger conflict between the French and British knows as the Seven Years’ War; began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763; British won and gained huge territorial gains
2. 1763 Treaty of Paris
Ended the French and Indian War; French gave up all of its territories in mainland North America
3. Proclamation of 1763
Decree by British officials banning colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
4. Stamp Act
British legislation that required colonists to pay for special stamps on most printed documents
5. Intolerable Acts
Also known as the Coercive Acts; 1774 laws passed by the British Parliament in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party; closed the Boston Harbor, stripped Massachusetts of its charter, abolished town meetings, increased the power of the appointed royal governor, and renewed the Quartering Act
