The Stamp Act 1712 (cited either as 10 Ann. c. 18 or as 10 Ann. c. 19) was an act passed in the Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 August 1712 to create a...

measure, it proved so successful that its use was continued. The Stamp Act 1712 was an act passed in the United Kingdom on March 22nd 1765 to create a new...

a physical stamp. Stamp duty was first introduced in England on 28 June 1694, during the reign of William III and Mary II, under "An act for granting...

Act 1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 19) Minehead Harbour Act 1700 (12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 9) Mutiny Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 13) Stamps Act 1710 (9 Ann. c. 15) Stamps (No...

during the 19th century, under the Stamp Act 1712 playing card manufacturers required a license, a duty legal stamp that incorporated the royal coat of...

cantons of Switzerland defeat the Catholic cantons. August 1 – The Stamp Act of 1712 is passed in the United Kingdom, imposing a tax on publishers, particularly...

investors were ruined. A potential impact on reporting was the Stamp Act 1712 which applied stamp duty to newspapers and so increased their publication costs...

fares, licences and other matters; in 1831 their work was taken over by the Stamp Office and in 1869 responsibility for licensing was passed on to the Metropolitan...

British act 29 Geo. 2. c. 7. s. 26 Stamp Act 1712; Lotteries Acts 1721, 1722, 1732, 1806; Gaming Acts 1738, 1802 Statute Law Revision Act 1867, section...

allowed writers to criticise the government freely. From 1694 to the Stamp Act 1712 the only censure laws forbade treason, seditious libel and the reporting...

a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1712. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...

George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, during the early reign...

The Stamp Duties Act 1783 (23 Geo. 3. c. 67) was passed by the House of Commons of Great Britain in order to raise money to pay for the American War of...

force following the withdrawal of British troops. 1 August – The Stamp Act of 1712 is passed, imposing a tax on publishers, particularly of newspapers...

western Pennsylvania. Conococheague Valley, colonial Pennsylvania 1765 - Stamp Act 1765 riots, Protests and riots in Boston, later spread throughout the...

Act is passed. May: Quartering Act is passed. Virginia House of Burgesses passes the Virginia Resolves. August: Riots in Boston. October: Stamp Act Congress...

to 1963, though such taxes predate the best-known 1692 Act. It was abolished by the Finance Act 1963. Taxes on land date back to the Norman Conquest and...

advantage. Parliament passed the Stamp Act 1765 to raise money from the colonies. New York had previously passed its own stamp act from 1756 to 1760 to raise...

so relinquish the opportunity to exploit the company's profits. In 1712, another act renewed the status of the company, though the debts were repaid. By...

ascendancy within the Kirk. The second act was partly repealed in 1712 by the Yule Vacance Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 22) of the Parliament of Great Britain. Christmas...

Tory Act of 1776 was penned as seven resolutions passed by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 2, 1776. The legislative...

the Stamp Act 1870 and Stamp Duties Management Act 1870 amended and consolidated the law that had evolved over the last century relating to stamp duty...

several new taxes, beginning with the Sugar Act of 1764. Later acts included the Currency Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, and the Townshend Acts of 1767...

Newspapers were taxed in the United Kingdom from 1712 until 1853. The original tax was increased with the Stamps Act 1814, when it was stipulated at 4d per copy...

foster parents, thus regulating baby-farming and wet-nursing and trying to stamp out infanticide. Local authorities were also granted powers to keep poor...

introduced by an Act of 1712, at the level of a halfpenny (½d.). The duty had risen over time to 4d. The Newspaper and Stamp Duties Act of 1819 was not...

(England), Stamp Duty Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 35) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on 4 July 1838. It repealed the stamp duty...

Albany Congress of 1754, and at the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 where he supported resistance to the British Stamp Act in the events leading up to the American...

1734. (The estate had been purchased ten years earlier; Houblon had died in 1712, but his widow lived on in the house until her death in 1731, after which...

The Licensing of the Press Act 1662 was an Act of the Parliament of England (14 Cha. 2. c. 33) with the long title An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses...