It's August 14th, 1765, on a warm summer evening in Boston, Massachusetts.

Andrew Oliver, a stamp man, slams his window shut. Outside his home, an angry mob is coming for him.

Andrew was recently hired to enforce the Stamp Act, a British law that imposes new taxes on the

American colonies. But many of the colonists aren't happy about this new levy imposed by a government

thousands of miles away, and their justice disgruntled with Andrew for

enforcing the law. Earlier this morning, his fellow colonists hung an effigy from an elm tree in town.

Pinned to its chest were the initials A-O for Andrew Oliver. The sheriff urged Andrew to

run and hide, and as he listens to the mob gathering on his front lawn,

he wishes he would have listened.

Andrew peeks outside and sees angry men surrounding his house, their faces lit by the flickering

light of burning torches. He watches as they hoist his effigy in the air, before cutting

off its head and lighting the body on fire.

Andrew swallows and grows pale.

Outside, another man grabs a rock and throws it through the window, shattering the glass.

Andrew jumps startled as the stone skids across the floor.

Spurred on by the window breaking, the crowd climbs his fence and swarms onto his front porch.

Andrew runs out the back door and flees to the safety of a neighbor's house

as the rioters ransack his property and destroy everything with the wine in his cellar,

which they drink in celebration.

After this experience, Andrew

decides his new job just isn't worth it. Three days later, he resigns. But this is just the

beginning of the unrest. As the British Parliament continues to impose taxes on the American

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