The Magazine Antiques, January 1st, 2007
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 violent outcry because the colonists felt that since they were not represented in Parliament, they should not be taxed without their consent. So unified were they in their opposition that the act was repealed within a year--on March 17, 1766--but the damage had been done, and growing American nationalism ultimately led to the Revolution. In Eng...
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