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 ...

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 ...

Since the Stamp Act of 1765, street violence in Boston had become ... Customs officials in the colonies pleaded with the British crown to send soldiers to maintain order. By October 1768 Boston ...

In 2019, former President Jimmy Carter became the longest-living chief executive in American history; at 94 years and 172 days, he exceeded the lifespan of the late former President George H.W. Bush.