2012-12-08T20:01:23-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/5a2/307860-m.jpgUniversity of Missouri history professor John Bullion spoke to students about the debt ...

Anger flowed through the streets of Lewes in 1765. Two years earlier, Great Britain and the American colonies had won the French and Indian War, but the cost of victory was high. The war left the ...

The current troubles in the U.K. can be traced back to a fateful decision of King George III and the British Parliament in 1765 with the imposition of the Stamp Act on the American colonies. The Stamp ...

Rioting has been an American pastime since before America existed, and it’s heartening to see patriotic Seattlites participating in a tradition that dates back to before the country’s founding. In ...

Under the guidance of Lord Grenville, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in March 1765. This was the first direct tax on the American colonies and was intended to reduce the debt that Great ...

Students in the Myra Kraft Transitional Year Program presented an exhibit and performance to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Stamp Act. Donning colonial garb, Joseph Figueroa '19, Vanio Dos ...

On Oct. 19, 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, drafted a declaration of rights and liberties. In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte’s French troops began their retreat from Moscow. In 1864 ...

A piece of British legislation, which sparked disorder on the streets of 18th Century America, is to go on display in the US for the first time. The original 1765 Stamp Act is on loan to the New York ...

2012-12-08T20:01:23-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/5a2/307860-m.jpgUniversity of Missouri history professor John Bullion spoke to students about the debt ...

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