The American Board of Customs arrives in Boston in 1767 ready to enforce the new Townshend duties. With the backing of the British Navy, the Board tries to show who is boss by seizing a ship belonging to the wealthiest merchant in Boston and a leader of the tax protests, John Hancock. The seizure of Hancock's ship Liberty results in a riot and the beatings of several customs officials. The Board learns that they are not the boss and must flee to Castle William, an island in Boston Harbor, to avoid further attacks. Tough enforcement of customs laws comes to a halt.
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Episode 050: Britain Prepares for War
Episode 049: The Provincial Congress of Massachusetts
Episode 048: The First Continental Congress
Episode 047: The Suffolk Resolves
Episode 046: The Powder Alarm
Episode 045: Governing from Salem
Episode 044: Lord Dunmore's War
Episode 043: Colonies React to the Coercive Acts
Episode 042: The Coercive Acts
Episode 041: Tea Party Aftermath
Episode 040: The Boston Tea Party
Episode 039: The Politics of Tea
Episode 038: The Green Mountain Boys
Episode 037: Committees of Correspondence and the Colony of Vandalia
Episode 036: Sinking the HMS Gaspee
Episode 035: Carolina Regulators and the Battle of Alamance
Episode 034: Massacre Fallout and Townshend Acts Repealed
Episode 033: The Boston Massacre
Episode 032: The Battle of Golden Hill
Episode 031: Wilkes and Liberty & Tar and Feathers
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