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.

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including the Stamp Act of 1765. That law required that some printed material in the colonies such as legal documents be on paper produced in England and have a revenue stamp. He answered ...

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 ...

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.

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.

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the 1765 Stamp Act, Marblehead Architecture Heritage ... 5-6 and 11-12, another walking tour will trace the growth of the town’s built environment from ...

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 ...