The Stamp Act prescribed taxes for legal and commercial transactions and documents used in court proceedings (including the licenses of attorneys), the papers used in clearing ships from harbors, college diplomas, appointments to public office,...

After Parliament's passage of the Stamp Act in 1765, violence in the American colonies escalated, especially in Boston, Massachusetts. Surprisingly, some of these disturbances were orchestrated by well-educated, upstanding, respectable adults...

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STEPHEN JAMES has a rubber fetish. He's so fixated on the stuff, in fact, he's even got a room in his house where he keeps his rubber paraphernalia, and he can often be found there in the middle of the night, playing with some...

The Stamp Act passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765, was the first direct tax levied on the American colonists by Great Britain. It applied to all printed materials, from licenses and documents to pamphlets and playing cards, and provoked a...

The story of Ebenezer MacIntosh, a colonial Boston shoemaker who led a series of protests against the British Parliament's passage of the Stamp Act in 1765. One of the first colonists to speak out against unfair taxation by the British, MacIntosh should be considered a hero who helped to spur the movement toward American independence.