A stamp act is any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those who pay the tax receive an official stamp on...

The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed...

The Stamp Act Congress (October 7 – 25, 1765), also known as the Continental Congress of 1765, was a meeting held in New York City in the colonial Province...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal government program that provides food-purchasing assistance...

altered. Most stamp duties were abolished from 1 January 2000 and the present act only provides for stamp duties on insurance policies. Stamp duties on land...

Roosevelt signed, the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act. Duck stamps are issued once a year. In most states, hunters...

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...

The Food Stamp Act (P.L. 88-525) provided permanent legislative authority to the Food Stamp Program, which had been administratively implemented on a pilot...

The Indian Stamp Act of 1899 (2 of 1899), is an in-force Act of the Government of India for the charging of stamp duty on instruments recording transactions...

Parliament passed the Stamp Act which required colonists to pay a new tax on most printed materials. News of the passage of the Stamp Act produced an uproar...

which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the amendment of the Sugar Act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British...

rights of the colonists. He was a delegate representing Maryland in the Stamp Act Congress of 1765. Murdock was born around 1710 as the son of Capt. John...

debated following the Sugar Act, became a major point of contention after Parliament's passage of the Stamp Act 1765. The Stamp Act proved to be wildly unpopular...

implications of the Act's provisions, and a coalition of merchants, smugglers, and artisans similar to that which had opposed the Stamp Act 1765 mobilized...

Jr. or by Job Williams. In 1765, the British Parliament introduced the Stamp Act, which was directed at Britain's American colonies. It required all legal...

American patriots from Boston who met in secret to plan protests against the Stamp Act of 1765. Mostly middle-class businessmen, the Loyal Nine enlisted Ebenezer...

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...

British government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765 and throughout the entire period of the American Revolution. Historian...

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...

known as the official responsible for implementing the provisions of the Stamp Act, for which he was hanged in effigy. He never actually carried out those...

The Sugar Act 1764 or Sugar Act 1763, also known as the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the...

He is known for his role as a leader in Boston riots protesting the Stamp Act. Ebenezer Mackintosh was born on June 20, 1737, in Boston to impoverished...

where he quickly became notable for his inflammatory rhetoric against the Stamp Act of 1765. In 1774, Henry served as a delegate to the First Continental...

Americans when they were not represented in parliament. The Stamp Act of 1765 was the fourth Stamp Act to be passed by the Parliament of Great Britain and required...

became the first postage stamp produced under the auspices of a government in the western hemisphere.[citation needed] An Act of Congress of March 3, 1845...

colonial military leader, jurist, and politician. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 and later a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary...

British parliament, any taxes it imposed on the colonists (such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts) were unconstitutional and were a denial of the...

governor involved the Stamp Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament just before he took office for the second time. The Stamp Act placed a tax on...

officials in Montreal. Representatives from several colonies convened the Stamp Act Congress; its "Declaration of Rights and Grievances" argued that taxation...

housing and food. Each of the Quartering Acts was an amendment to the Mutiny Act and required annual renewal by Parliament. They were originally intended...