Prof. FISHER: Well, it's a long story, but let's make it as short as can be. Two laws, the first one passed in 1765, that was the Stamp Act, which was really unprecedented.

Description In 1765, the British Parliament passed An Act for Granting and Applying Certain Stamp Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, commonly called "The Stamp Act of 1765." ...

University of Missouri history professor John Bullion spoke to students about the debt incurred by the British government in fighting the Seven Years' War in the 1750s and 60s, and efforts to ...

The Stamp Act defiance placard will be sold alongside items like the earliest record of Robert E. Lee ’s surrender at Appomattox, which is expected to realize between $600,000 and $800,000.

In 1765, England found a new way to raise money from the American colonies: The Stamp Act. The recent war with France had expanded England’s empire, but left its treasury depleted. In the spring ...

The Stamp Act of 1765 required certain documents to be printed on stamped paper from Great Britain that carried a tax. It was met with protest from many American colonists. Students put on the ...