All posts tagged "Stamp Act"
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8.5KCrime and ScandalBoston Riots Once Every 3 Years — for Centuries
Boston riots during the 18th century happened so often you could have called the town Riot City. Between 1700 and 1764, 28...
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10.0KPolitics and MilitaryThe Providence Tea Party: On Dry Land, in Daylight and Thrown By Women
Rhode Island patriots had no more love for tea than did their allies in Boston, and on March 2, 1775, they threw...
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10.9K9Politics and MilitaryNewport Stamp Act Riot, Following the Pattern, Sends Loyalists Packing
Prominent Rhode Island politician Martin Howard might have thought twice about publicly supporting the Stamp Act of 1765. It was the British government’s...
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