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Critical Thinking May 22, 2013 August 28, 2016

“No Taxation without Representation” (Part 2)

by J. L. Bell

In 1765 Parliament instituted a Stamp Act for the North American colonies, which proved wildly unpopular from Savannah to Halifax, and ultimately unworkable. The…

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