The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution
- ISBN-10
- 0020352808
- ISBN-13
- 9780020352808
- Category
- History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1963
- Publisher
- Collier Books
- Authors
- Edmund Sears Morgan, Helen M. Morgan
Description
The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. "The Stamp Act Crisis," originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.
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