In 1765, Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, meaning all U.S. colonies had to print documents on paper produced in London ...

Wilmington, North Carolina, was the site of a major protest against the British Stamp Act in 1765. The protests occurred seven years before the more famous Boston Tea Party. A group called the Sons of ...

Tensions had been building between the American colonists and the British government for more than a decade before the “shot heard ‘round the world” was fired at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

The Stamp Act and taxes on American colonists lead to unrest and threaten to cause a revolution. To reduce debt suffered from the Seven Years' War, Britain levies several new taxes on American ...

Click to open image viewer. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1765, ...

A pivotal step toward American independence gets its due in historian Shumate’s immersive follow-up to The Sugar Act and the American Revolution. In the early 1760s, Great Britain wanted to raise ...

First published in 1890 under title: A digest of the law relating to stamp duties ...