This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. Here's how it started.

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The Stamp Act met with unified colonial resistance because ... Numerous forms of communication—newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, and other official documents—would need a stamp to circulate ...