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Passage of the Stamp Act
This is the first direct tax on the American colonists and is hostly resisted. -
British troops occupy Boston
British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties and clamp down on local radicals. -
Commities of correspondence established
Commities of correspondence represent an nimportant move toward cooperation, mutual actyion and the development of a national identity among Americans. -
War breaks out
The first shots of the Revolution War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. -
America declares its Independence
Independence following a decade of agitation over taxes and a year of war, representives make the break with Britains.