The Stamp Act, a controversial tax levied on all American colonists and requiring them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used, from legal documents and newspapers to... Read more »
The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed a tax on all printed materials in the American colonies, including legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards. Colonists were required to purchase and affix stamps... Read more »
The 1765 legislation levied a tax on all printed materials in the American colonies, including legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards. These materials were required to bear a physical embossed revenue... Read more »
Engravings, woodcuts, and other printed visuals served as powerful tools for disseminating information and shaping public opinion during the era of the Stamp Act. These images often depicted the Act’s perceived injustices,... Read more »
Visual representations of this 1765 British tax on printed materials in the American colonies encompass a variety of forms, including engravings, woodcuts, and political cartoons. These images often depict the stamps themselves,... Read more »
Original documents, artifacts, and records created during the period of the Stamp Act of 1765 offer direct insight into this pivotal moment in colonial American history. Examples include letters written by colonists... Read more »
The widespread resistance in American colonies to the 1765 British levy on printed materials manifested in various forms, including boycotts of British goods, formation of protest groups like the Sons of Liberty,... Read more »