Following the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766, colonial protests stopped and trade resumed. Parliament is not happy about the pushback and seems determined to find a way to put the colonies in their place. The colonies are unhappy about the Declaratory Act and Parliament's assertion of complete tax authority over the colonies, despite a lack of colonial representation in Parilament. The colonists and the English people begin to view their interests as in competition with one another.
During this time, many small issues push colonial interests further from those in England. The death of John Robinson in Virginia reveals a major financial scandal that creates a colonial cash shortage. Parliament passes the Free Port Act, attempting to give trade advantages to London over the colonies. A New York assault case Forsey v. Cunningham threatens the right of jury trials. Bostonians get into a big fight over search warrants. New Yorkers refuse to pay Quartering Act costs for British regulars in the colony.
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ARP188 Pursuit Across New Jersey
ARP187 Evacuation of Philadelphia
ARP186 Carlisle Peace Commission
ARP185 Mount Hope Bay Raids
AR-SP06 David Price John Haslet's World
ARP184 Mischianza and Barren Hill
ARP183 Doan Brothers & Crooked Billet
ARP182 British Occupation of Philadelphia
ARP181 West Point Chain
ARP180 John Paul Jones Raids Whitehaven
AR-SP05 Christian McBurney - George Washington's Nemesis
ARP179 Prisoner Exchanges
ARP178 Hancock's Bridge Massacre
ARP177 Republic of Vermont
ARP176 Sinking the Randolph
AR-SP04 Michael Harris on Germantown
ARP175 Von Steuben at Valley Forge
ARP174 Britain and France go to War
ARP173 Treaties with France
ARP172 Winter at Valley Forge
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