The Stamp Act Riots of 1765 Matt Baume. Ah, America's rich ... drawing inspiration from the visionaries who laid the foundation for the more perfect union we hope to one day enjoy.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Harlow Unger discussed the implementation and effects of the Stamp Act on the American Colonies in 1765. That law required that some ...

After Benjamin Wilson (1721-1788), The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Americ-Stamp, 1766. BM 4140 copy B. Engraving with etching and contemporary hand coloring. Graphic Arts GA 2010. in process. The ...

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 current troubles in the U.K. can be traced back to a fateful decision of King George III and the British Parliament in 1765 with the imposition of the Stamp Act on the American colonies. The ...

The opening salvo of the American Revolution was fired Nov. 1, 1765, ... This year will mark the 250 anniversary of the day the Stamp Act took effect. In Massachusetts, as in other colonies, ...

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 ...

After months of protest in the winter of 1765-1766, including not only the printers' protests and the street riots but also merchant boycotts, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act on March 18, 1766.

Britain’s Stamp Act of 1765 and Westford’s response. Mary Fuhrer and Dan Lacroix Special to the Eagle. The opening salvo of the American Revolution was fired 250 years ago.

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 ...