It was the first of the Coercive, or Intolerable Acts, five laws passed by the British Parliament to suppress resistance to its authority over the American colonies. The second act, the ...
England's victory establishes it as the dominant colonial power in North America. June-July: Adams publishes his first newspaper pieces. Under the pseudonym "Humphrey Ploughjogger," he lampoons ...
April 5: The Sugar Act passes British Parliament, lowering duties on sugar imports to the American colonies but mandating their enforcement. Boston lawyer James Otis denounces "taxation without ...
Early Americans’ lust for Canada Even before independence, social conflict helped turn American eyes northward. Throughout the 18th century, England’s Colonial population in North America doubled ...
Thirteen Colonies as a personal reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public and private ...