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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       
1754
 
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Benjamin Franklin proposes to the Albany Congress that the colonies should unite to form a colonial government       
1764
 
   
Britain passes the Sugar Act, levying duty on sugar, wine and textiles imported into America      
1765
 
  
Britain passes the Stamp Act, taxing legal documents and newspapers in the American colonies     
1765
 
    
American campaigners against the Stamp Act organize themselves as the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts and New York       
1766
 
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Britain repeals the Stamp Act, in a major reversal of policy achieved by resistance in the American colonies