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1765
Prime Minister George Grenville enacts the Stamp Act. -
1767
Parliament enacts the Townshend Acts. -
March 5, 1770
The Boston Massacre takes place outside of the Boston Customs House. -
May 1773
Parliament passes the Tea Act -
November 28, 1773
The Dartmouth arrives in the Boston Harbor with the first shipment of tea. -
November 30, 1773
Due to the disagreement with the Tea Act by the Bostonian, John Singleton Copley decides to mediate between the Consignees and the Bostonian. The Bostonian find the offer of the Consignees to store the tea as unacceptable. -
December 13, 1773
Bostonian learn that Consignees in Philadelphia and New York resign. -
December 16, 1773
Bostonians make a last attempt to try and convince Governor Hutchinson to send the tea back, but their efforts are futile.
Samuel Adams declares "This meeting can do nothing more to save this country"
While leaving the church, a group of people shouted "Boston harbor a tea-pot tonight! the Mohawks are come!"