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Who: Alexander McDougall, Isaac Sears, John Lamb
What: craftsmen, laborers, and sailors
When: Formed in 1765
Where: New York
Why: Opposition to The Stamp Act. Not peaceful, angry protesters. "liberty" parades almost every night in late 1765. Took the lead in enforcing the boycott of British imports. The angry mob-style tactics worked and the British backed off, repealing The Stamp Act by 1766--replaced with The Declatory Act, which wasn't much better. |
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Who: Britain
What: A tax on nearly every piece of paper, newspapers, court documents, books, commercial papers, land deeds, almanacs
When: 1765
Where: colonies
Why: To raise $ from direct taxes on the colonies, rather than trade (which they often ignored) To rebuild the motherland who had destruction from war, to pay for British policing in the colonies, to pay for The French/Indian War |
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Who: 27 delegates from 9 colonies, including some of the most prominent men in America
What: First major cooperative action of the colonies
When: October 1765
Where: New York
Why: Affirmed allegiance to Britain, but insisted in the right to consent to taxation. Parliament inadvertently united America. |
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Who: A group of young colonists and a group of Redcoats
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When: March 5, 1770
Where: Boston
Why: Started as a snowball fight which quickly escalated |
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Who: Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor
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When: 1765
Where: Massachusetts
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