Passed by the British Parliament in March 1765, the Stamp Act aimed to raise revenue directly from the American colonies. It required colonists to pay a tax on virtually all printed materials. This ...

If the phrase “taxation without representation” evokes images of Washington, D.C. license plates, you might want to look a bit further back—250 years, in fact—to a law that enraged American colonists.

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 ...

2012-12-08T20:01:23-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/5a2/307860-m.jpgUniversity of Missouri history professor John Bullion spoke to students about the debt ...

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