The opening salvo of the American Revolution was fired Nov. 1, 1765 ... anniversary of the day the Stamp Act took effect. In Massachusetts, as in other colonies, protest rang out.

It was 252 years ago today that the British Parliament signed the Stamp Act ... in October 1765. Committees of Correspondence were also formed in the colonies to protest the Act.

The Stamp Act, which forced British colonies to pay taxes on paper products like playing cards and newspapers, sparked fierce debate and a series of fascinating protests. By the time the British ...

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 Stamp Act, passed by Parliament in 1765, imposed a direct tax on American ... representation,” colonists joined together in protest and organized a boycott of English goods.

So in 1765 Grenville, acting as prime minister, proposed a far-reaching tax for Americans and Parliament adopted a Stamp Act in March of ... opposition so that protests and rioting ensued and ...

In the fall of 1765 and the winter ... who tells the story of the Stamp Act rebellion, why it is an unsung tale of the Patriot cause and how it mirrors the protests sweeping American in 2020.

Anger flowed through the streets of Lewes in 1765. Two years earlier ... Many in England believed that the violent protests against the Stamp Act were the work of rabble-rousers drawn from ...

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 ...

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 ...

A placard defying the Stamp Act, a colonial tax on printed goods passed by the British Parliament in 1765, is expected to sell for between $4 million and $6 million at Christie's later this month.