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 ...

After Benjamin Wilson (1721-1788), The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Americ-Stamp, 1766. BM 4140 copy B. Engraving with etching and contemporary hand coloring. Graphic Arts GA 2010. in process. The ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...