3387 x 2574 px | 28,7 x 21,8 cm | 11,3 x 8,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1912
Ubicazione:
New or, USA
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Engraved Illustration by Henry Marriott Paget (1857-1936) from a history of England published 1912. Troops escorting stamped paper to New York City Hall in 1776. Info from Wiki: The Stamp Act of 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. Like previous taxes, the stamp tax had to be paid in valid British currency, not in colonial paper money. A consensus considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent Their slogan was "No taxation without representation." Colonial assemblies sent petitions and protests. The Stamp Act Congress held in New York City, was the first significant joint colonial response to any British measure; it petitioned Parliament and the King. Local protest groups, led by colonial merchants and landowners, established connections through Committees of Correspondence that created a loose coalition that extended from New England to Maryland. Protests and demonstrations initiated by a new secret organization the Sons of Liberty often turned violent and destructive as the masses became involved. The Act was repealed on March 18, 1766 as a matter of expedience, but Parliament affirmed its power to legislate for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" by also passing the Declaratory Act. There followed a series of new taxes and regulations, likewise opposed by the colonists. The episode played a major role in defining the grievances — later clearly stated within the text of the Indictment of George III section of the Declaration of Independence — and enabling the organized colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution
