In Colonial America under the rule of King George in England, tyranny was rearing its ugly head with the passing of several of the tax acts including the currency act and stamp act imposing taxes on the colonies and creating increasing tension. The British would impose martial law in the later part of the decade to impose their mighty power over the colonist. The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, officially begins when England declares war on France. However, fighting and skirmishes between England and France had been going on in North America for years.
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British Soldiers Arrive in Boston under Martial Law to Control Independent-Minded Americans
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The Townshend Acts Passed by British Parliament Imposing Several Taxes on the American Colonisits
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Ben Franklin: “…the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.”
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The Sons of Liberty Erected a Liberty Pole in the commons of NYC Celebrating the Repeal of the Stamp Act.
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Parliament Passes the ‘Declaratory Act’ to Declare Sovereignty Over Colonies in All Cases
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The Stamp Act was Passed by the British Parliament and Imposed on American Colonists
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The Currency Act of 1764 Forbids the Colonies to Print their Own Money
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