Stamp Act
(1765). To British politicians seeking new sources of revenue after the Seven Years' War, the American colonies seemed an ideal source, for both economic and political reasons. Prosperous and lightly taxed, the colonists could afford to help pay for their defense. They had obviously benefited from the expulsion of the French from Canada and should be willing to assist the Mother Country. With the exception of ... ...
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