1767
TOWNSHEND ACTS
Further to the taxation policies of the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts are passed. These acts establish taxation on imported essential goods, like tea, paper and glass, to the American colonies, which causes outrage among the colonists.
16 DEC 1773
BOSTON TEA PARTY
In retaliation for the continuation of the tax on tea, American colonists throw chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company, into the
