I. The background of the war 1.1 The Seven Years ’ War / the French and Indian War (1756 --- 1763) the culmination of a series of wars between France and Britain the British won the War The Peace of Paris (1763) was signed that France ceded Canada and territories east of the Mississippi River to Britain Britain were badly in need of money and imposed new taxes upon colonists 1.2 Conflict between Britain and American colonists the Sugar Act (1764), the Stamp Act (1767), the Quartering Act (1765), the Townshend Act (1767) and the Tea Act (1773) resistance of the colonies: by 1770 all taxes were repealed except tax on tea
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