Sentence examples for stamp act from inspiring English sources

QUESTION FROM GUEST: Which of the "unconstitutional" Parliamentary acts (i.e. Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Intolerable Acts) do you believe most contributed to raising the ire of the colonists?

During the legal and public campaigns against the writs of assistance and Stamp Act 1765, Bonham's Case was given as a justification for nullifying the legislation.

Hence the Stamp Act.

(See also Stamp Act).

A Stamp Act?

The Stamp Act turned out to be Britain's worst mistake.

In 1766, Parliament, blindsided by the fervor of the Colonial opposition, repealed the Stamp Act.

The first American armed resistance to the Stamp Act occurred there in November 1765.

The Stamp Act (1765) passed by Grenville was repealed by Lord Rockingham in 1766.

In 1766 Rockingham repealed the Stamp Act while maintaining Parliament's right to legislate for the colonies.

But the Stamp Act (1765) hit harder and deeper than any previous parliamentary measure.