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The Colonies and Mother Country at the Close of the French and Indian War
The British on the Frontier
The Writs of Assistance
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
Colonial Opposition to the Stamp Act
Further Impositions: The Quartering Act and the Townshend Duties
Reaction to the Townshend Duties
Customs Racketeering and the Repeal of the Townshend Duties
To the Brink: The Boston Massacre and the Committees of Correspondence
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