The opening salvo of the American Revolution was fired Nov. 1, 1765, a decade before the battles ... This year will mark the 250 anniversary of the day the Stamp Act took effect.

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 ...

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That description of the Internet protests of 2012 echoes in unnerving detail the Stamp Act crisis of 1765, the moment when dissent against imperial control morphed into a Revolutionary movement.

History can be a fascinating subject. A little knowledge of history stretched too far can make a guy think he knows something he doesn’t. Case in point: I heard mention about the first U.S ...

The original 1765 Stamp Act is on loan to the New York Historical Society to feature in a museum exhibition. The act was passed to make America pay taxes on legal documents, appointments to public ...