1. Justifying the American Revolution
In reference to the Stamp Act in 1765, Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying during a testimony of the act, "I know it is appropriated by the act to the American service; but it will be spent in the conquered colonies, where the soldiers are, not in the colonies that pay it....... More turmoil arose from the Seven Years War when England passed the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act in consecutive years. ... The following year the Stamp Acct applied, "a tax stamp on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards", [Dig141]. ... As a result the colonists began to fig...
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