The Stamp Act Defiance Placard is expected to fetch up to $6 million. Courtesy Christie's One of the earliest papers documenting revolt in the American colonies against Great Britain is coming to ...
The Stamp Act and taxes on American colonists lead to unrest and threaten to cause a revolution. To reduce debt suffered from the Seven Years' War, Britain levies several new taxes on American ...
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A pivotal step toward American independence gets its due in historian Shumate’s immersive follow-up to The Sugar Act and the American Revolution. In the early 1760s, Great Britain wanted to raise ...