On March 22, 1765, England’s Parliament passed the Stamp Act to tax the American colonies. In 1820 naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron. In 1972 a bomb in ...

On March 22, 1765, the English Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise revenue in the American colonies to defray the cost of royal troops. In 1794 Congress passed a law prohibiting slave trading ...

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers ...

Access these resources as a member - it's free! March 22, 1765 was the day that The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. The Stamp Act was enacted to tax American Colonies on printed ...

On March 22, 1765, 257 years ago, the British government imposed the Stamp Act on the English colonies ... they could not elect any members of Parliament to act on their behalf. Therefore, every act ...

1765: The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resist the tax. (The Stamp Act would be repealed a year later.) 1882: President Chester ...

So when the British Parliament enacted the Quartering Act (March 24, 1765), which required the colonists ... in part because the Quartering Act, like the Stamp Act, Sugar Act and the other ...

In reaction to the passing of the Stamp Act in March 1765, Braintree’s town meeting appointed a committee to draft an official protest. Called the Braintree Instructions, it was presented to ...

On March 22, 1894, hockey’s first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1. On this date: In 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise ...

Author Harlow Unger discussed the implementation and effects of the Stamp Act on the American Colonies in 1765. That law required that some printed material in the colonies such as legal documents ...