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Stamp Act
Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which imposed a tax on all newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, dice, almanacs, and pamphlets. The act highlighted the issue of taxation without representation.
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Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act required the colonies to provide housing and food for British troops stationed there.
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Sons of Liberty founded
A group of anti-British American patriots founded the Sons of Liberty.
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Patrick Henry accused of treason
Accused of treason for denouncing the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses, Patrick Henry declared: “If this be treason, make the most of it.”
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Virginia Resolves
The Virginia House of Burgesses passed the Virginia Resolves, which invalidated the Stamp Act passed by Parliament.
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Boston Stamp Act uprising
Royal stamp collector Andrew Oliver was hanged in effigy from the Liberty Tree by Bostonians protesting the Stamp Act.
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Stamp Act Congress met
The Stamp Act Congress, consisting of delegates from nine colonies, met in New York to organize united resistance to the Stamp Act. It called on the colonies to protest the act by refusing to import goods that required purchase of a stamp.
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Stamp Act protests in New York
New York City merchants protested the Stamp Act.
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Stamp Act repealed; Declaratory Act passed
The Stamp Act was repealed, but the Declaratory Act was passed. The new law made Parliament’s laws binding “in all cases whatsoever.”
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Townshend Acts
Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend imposed new duties on imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea in the colonies. The Townshend Acts also expanded the customs service. Revenue from the acts paid the salaries of colonial governors and judges, preventing colonial legislatures from exercising the power of the purse over those officials.