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In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, providing for internal taxation of legal documents and even newspapers—or, as the colonists' Stamp Act Congress, assembled in 1765, called it, “taxation without representation.
Written for all students of politics coming to the subject for the first time, this textbook provides a lively and accessible introduction and guide to all the main features and characteristics of one of the most distinctive and complex ...
In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, providing for internal taxation of legal documents and even newspapers. The colonists' Stamp Act Congress, assembled in 1765, called this act “taxation without representation.
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