March 22 in American History
Parliament passed the Stamp Act, taxing printed materials in the colonies — newspapers, legal documents, even playing cards — to help pay British war debts. The colonists erupted: it was the first direct tax imposed on them, and "no taxation without representation" became the cry that carried them toward revolution.
In 1765: the Stamp Act. Parliament passed the Stamp Act, taxing printed materials in the colonies — newspapers, legal documents, even playing cards — to help pay British war debts.
Parliament passed the Stamp Act, taxing printed materials in the colonies — newspapers, legal documents, even playing cards — to help pay British war debts. The colonists erupted: it was the first direct tax imposed on them, and "no taxation without representation" became the cry that carried them toward revolution.
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