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| 1754 |
| | Benjamin Franklin's chopped-up snake, urging union of the colonies with the caption 'Join or Die', is the first American political cartoon | |
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| 1754 |
| | Benjamin Franklin proposes to the Albany Congress that the colonies should unite to form a colonial government | |
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| 1764 |
| | Britain passes the Sugar Act, levying duty on sugar, wine and textiles imported into America | |
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| 1765 |
| | Britain passes the Stamp Act, taxing legal documents and newspapers in the American colonies | |
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| 1765 |
| | American campaigners against the Stamp Act organize themselves as the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts and New York | |
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| 1766 |
| | Britain repeals the Stamp Act, in a major reversal of policy achieved by resistance in the American colonies | |
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