The Stamp Act met with unified colonial resistance because this direct tax imposed on the colonies by Parliament was a novel tax, meant to collect revenue. Numerous forms of communication ...

It was on this day, 260 years ago, that the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765, levying a tax on a variety of ...

On March 22, 1765, the British government passed the Stamp Act. The legislation levied a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies, from newspapers and pamphlets ...

Since the Stamp Act of 1765, street violence in Boston had become commonplace. Riots and protests had been instrumental in securing the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. Street protests continued ...

In 1765, the Stamp Act was passed by Britain's Parliament, introducing a tax on printed materials in the American colonies.

In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven ...

In 1622, the first American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans ocurred in Jamestown Virginia; 347 were killed.

Since the Stamp Act of 1765, street violence in Boston had become commonplace. Riots and protests had been instrumental in securing the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. Street protests continued ...