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Date: March 22, 2016 at 6:04:10 AM EDT
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Subject: 1765: Stamp Act imposed on American colonies
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22THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1765 Stamp Act imposed on American colonies In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the British government passes the Stamp Act on this day in 1765. The legislation levied a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal... read more »
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