If Taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having legal Representation, are we not reduced from the Character of free ...

On March 22, 1765, the British government passed the Stamp Act. The legislation levied a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies, from newspapers and pamphlets ...

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 ...

In 1764 he published The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved ... the year between the passage of the Sugar Act and the passage of the Stamp Act, approval was far from universal.

On March 22, 1945, representatives from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Yemen met in Cairo to ...

In theory, imposing tariffs on foreign goods benefits American-made products, but in reality most small businesses rely on ...

In 1622, the first American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans ocurred in Jamestown Virginia; 347 were killed.

As a result, colonial policies were inconsistent; for example, the Stamp Act was repealed after only one year, but was followed by other taxes. The same was true with the Townshend Revenue Acts in ...

Good morning, Oklahoma! Here's what you need to know today: ☀ Temperature check: Partly sunny with a high of 85 degrees, low of 47; wind gusts bring fire threats and red flag warnings to more than 24 ...