No taxation without representation” may be one of the most famous sayings in American history. Although the phrase had its ...

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 British having run up a huge debt fighting that war and defending the colonies, incidentally ... they objected to the stamp tax, saying, "Britain could levy taxes only to regulate trade ...

The answer, it seemed to Parliament, was simple: levy new taxes upon the colonies. First came the Stamp Act in 1763 ... cry for those opposed to the tax. So Parliament repealed the act but ...