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America: 1763-1776

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General Summary

Important Terms, People, and Events

Summary and Analysis

The Colonies and Mother Country at the Close of the French and Indian War

The British on the Frontier

The Writs of Assistance

Colonial Opposition to the Stamp Act

Further Impositions: The Quartering Act and the Townshend Duties

Reaction to the Townshend Duties

Customs Racketeering and the Repeal of the Townshend Duties

To the Brink: The Boston Massacre and the Committees of Correspondence

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