1765 – Stamp Act
What was the Stamp Act? The Stamp Act was a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies. British taxpayers already paid a stamp tax and Massachusetts briefly experimented with a...
View ArticleResolutions of the Stamp Act Congress – Original Text
The members of this Congress, sincerely devoted, with the warmest sentiments of affection and duty to His Majesty’s Person and Government, inviolably attached to the present happy establishment of the...
View ArticleStamp Act crisis and significance
The Stamp Act Crisis and its significance The act was widely opposed by the colonial population resulting in organized protests that allowed the revolution movement to gain tactical experience and set...
View ArticleParticipants of the Stamp Act Congress
Representatives from nine colonies attended the Stamp Act Congress. From Massachusetts: James Otis, Samuel Adams, Oliver Partridge and Timothy Ruggles. From Rhode Island: Henry Ward and Metcalf Bowler...
View ArticleStamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress met in the Federal Hall building in New York City between October 7 and 25, 1765. It was the first colonial action against a British measure and was formed to protest the Stamp...
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