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Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Stamp Act of 1765 – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

Saturday marked the 250th anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act, one of colonial America’s most important expressions of protest against the policies of the British government in London. The focus of the objections that the House of Burgesses raised in the Virginia Resolves was the Stamp Act of 1765, a piece …