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1767
June 29
British Action: Parliament passed the Townshend Acts that taxed imported items, such as paper, tea, glass, lead and paints. It also established a colonial board of custom commissioners in Boston.
1768
February 11
American Action: Sam Adams wrote a circular letter, approved by the Massachusetts House of Representatives, which expressed opposition to taxation without representation and called for the colonists to unite in their actions against the British government.
April 22
British Action: Lord Hillsborough, England’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, ordered the colonial governors to stop their assemblies from endorsing Sam Adams’ circular letter. Before the end of the month, the provincial assemblies of New Hampshire, Connecticut and New Jersey had endorsed Adams’ letter.
May 17
British Action: The 50-gun British man-of-war Romney anchored in Boston Harbor and aimed its cannons at Boston to protect British customs officials.
June 14
British Action: Governor Frances Bernard dissolved the Massachusetts General Court after it defied his order to revoke Sam Adams’ circular letter.
August
American Action: Boston and New York merchants agreed to boycott British goods until the Townshend Acts were repealed.
October
British Action: British troops landed and began the occupation of Boston to enforce the Townshend taxes and to suppress the actions of local radicals.
1769
March
American Action: Philadelphia merchants joined the boycott of British goods.
May 16
American Action: The Virginia House of Burgesses enacted the Virginia Resolves as a protest to: British taxation without representation; British opposition to Sam Adams’ circular letter; and British plans to send Americans to England for trial. Ten days later, the Virginia Royal Governor dissolved the House of Burgesses. Its
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