The Stamp Act met with unified colonial resistance because this direct tax imposed on the colonies by Parliament was a novel tax, meant to collect revenue. Numerous forms of communication ...
No taxation without representation” may be one of the most famous sayings in American history. Although the phrase had its ...
As a result, colonial policies were inconsistent; for example, the Stamp Act was repealed after only one year, but was followed by other taxes. The same was true with the Townshend Revenue Acts in ...
John Adams was born in the American colonies, and grew up as a subject of Great Britain. Beginning in the 1760s, soon after he had finished his legal studies, a series of political events forced ...
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