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Stamp Act: Media
Great Britain [1765]
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See the original Stamp Act of 1765 in the United Kingdom Parliamentary Archives
Examining the original Stamp Act of 1765 issued by Great Britain, in the United Kingdom...
Video: © UK Parliament Education Service (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Fourth of July questions and answers
Learn more about the Fourth of July holiday in the United States.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; thumbnail © Tetra Images/Getty Images
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Stamp Act warning
“An Emblem of the Effects of the STAMP,” a warning against the Stamp Act published...
Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty burning a copy of the Stamp Act in 1765.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-USZC4-1583)
colonists reading the Stamp Act
Colonists reading the Stamp Act, illustration from Colonial Days: Being Stories...
Colonial Days: Being Stories and Ballads for Young Patriots, by Richard Markham, 1765
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