Aug 14, 1776: Stamp Act remembered The city of Boston observes the 11th anniversary of the popular resistance that prevented the execution of the Stamp Act there on this day in 1776. The celebration included the erection of a pole at the site of the original Liberty Tree. The Stamp Act, passed on March 22, 1765, by the British Parliament, caused uproar in the colonies over an issue that was to be a major cause of the American Revolution: taxation without representation. Enacted in November 1765, the controversial act forced colonists to buy a British stamp for every official document they obtained. The stamp displayed an image of a Tudor rose framed by the word America and the French phrase Honi soit qui mal y pense--Shame to him who thinks evil of it.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:18:38 +0000
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