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first problems with england
Adams and his friend Samuel Quincy observed the first confrontation between the American colonies and the British Crown when a customs official applied for writs of assistance. -
The stamp act
The Stamp Act is approved by Parliament. -
The Stamp act crisis
The colonists, who had convened the Stamp Act Congress in October 1765 to vocalize their opposition to the impending enactment, greeted the arrival of the stamps with outrage and violence -
the stamp act is considered unconstitutional
the document affirms the unconstitutionality of taxation without representation. -
Stamp act repealed
the stamp act is finally repealed after a year of angry colonists protesting it -
townshend act
the townshend act is put into effect -
British troops deployed
4,000 british troops were deployed to areas of trouble -
adams defends hancock in murder trial
defended John Hancock in a smuggling case of Madeira wine and three sailors accused of murdering a navy officer. -
Right before the massacre
a riot began outside in the streets of boston -
The boston massacre
The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. A squad of British soldiers, come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately