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The Sugar Act doubling the duties on foreign goods reshipped from England to the colonies.
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The Sons of Liberty is formed - a secret organization opposed to the Stamp Act
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The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament as a means to pay for British troops on the American frontier. Colonists violently protest the first direct tax on the American colonies. Americans were forced to pay tax directly to England. and not to their own local legislatures in America.
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The Quartering Act required American colonists to house British troops and supply them with food.
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Boston merchants begin a boycott of British luxury goods.
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Stamp Act repealed - Ben Franklin argued for repeal and warned of a possible revolution in the American colonies if the Stamp Act was enforced by the British military.
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Over 200 Boston merchants refuse to pay the Stamp Tax.
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"The Boston Massacre" - Four workers shot by British troops in Boston.
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Repeal of the Townshend Acts and the Quartering Act by the British. The only duties on imports into the colonies are for tea.
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The Declaration is signed stating that the colonies are now indpendent states.
