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

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 ... Amendment and repugnant to the American Revolution. I am writing about this now because a section of the Patriot Act will expire on March 15, and ...

Nov. 1,2015 will mark the sestercentennial of the day the Stamp Act took effect in the American colonies ... The program, Paths of the Patriots, traces the words and actions of local people ...

BRIAN WILSON, GUEST-HOST: Well, that was President Bush during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, applauded by Democrats when he said some of the provisions of the Patriot Act will ...

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 ...

caption]Click to see more photos.Next week the ACLU of Colorado will hold rallies in four cities to call for reforming the Patriot Act. On Tuesday, July 26th the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ...

Samuel Adams (1776) Today, we celebrate the historical birth of American Liberty ... mounting over enforcement of the 1764 Sugar Act, 1765 Stamp Act, and 1767 Townshend Act, which led to the ...

The authors of the Patriot Act always intended that ... When it was signed into law six weeks after the attacks, the act made it easier to wiretap American citizens suspected of cooperating ...

In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a direct tax on ... In addition, he publicly proclaimed his American patriotism by naming one of his sons, “James Patriot Wilson.” ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Scott Stephenson describes the passage of the Stamp Act and its impact in the American colonies. Scott Stephenson describes the passage of the ...