Timeline event · 1765-03-22
The Stamp Act
Britain's 1765 tax on virtually all printed paper in the colonies — the first direct tax on colonists — set off the cry of "no taxation without representation" and helped spark the Revolution.
Timeline event · 1765-03-22
Britain's 1765 tax on virtually all printed paper in the colonies — the first direct tax on colonists — set off the cry of "no taxation without representation" and helped spark the Revolution.