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Glossary Term – Event

Boston Stamp Act uprising

Royal stamp collector Andrew Oliver was hanged in effigy from the Liberty Tree by Bostonians protesting the Stamp Act.

Archibald Hinshelwood to Joshua Mauger, August 19, 1765. (GLC03902.61)

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A report on reaction to the Stamp Act, 1765

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops...