In 1764 he published The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved ... the year between the passage of the Sugar Act and the passage of the Stamp Act, approval was far from universal.

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 ...

The first was the Stamp Act of 1765, which required colonists to have government stamps on all documents in every household. It was enforced by British agents who used general warrants ...

The first was the Stamp Act of 1765, which required colonists to have government stamps on all documents in every household. It was enforced by British agents who used general warrants ...

Two hundred years ago, The Stamp Act Congress met in New York and condemned the Crown for taxation without representation. The colonies told the English they had no right to tax anyone who had ...

It also levied taxes on other items, like coffee. This riled colonists but the king wasn't done. In 1765 came the Stamp Act. This was a tax on any printed material in the form of a stamp.

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 ...

The first was the Stamp Act of 1765, which required colonists to have government stamps on all documents in every household. It was enforced by British agents who used general warrants ...