Timeline Friday 10 June 1768

Events on Friday 10 June 1768 1

• 1768 Seizure of the sloop Liberty in Boston Customs seizure sparks riots over British taxation British customs officials seized John Hancock's sloop Liberty in Boston harbor on suspicion of smuggling, triggering riots against crown officials. The confrontation escalated colonial resentment of British trade enforcement and contributed directly to the dispatch of troops to Boston later that year. It became one of the flashpoints leading toward the American Revolution.