A stamp act is any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those who pay the tax receive an official stamp on... 33 KB (2,560 words) - 03:03, 25 March 2024 |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (redirect from Food Stamp Act) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal government program that provides food-purchasing assistance... 116 KB (13,723 words) - 04:13, 19 April 2024 |
altered. Most stamp duties were abolished from 1 January 2000 and the present act only provides for stamp duties on insurance policies. Stamp duties on land... 19 KB (2,445 words) - 20:01, 6 February 2024 |
The Food Stamp Act (P.L. 88-525) provided permanent legislative authority to the Food Stamp Program, which had been administratively implemented on a pilot... 9 KB (251 words) - 16:38, 11 June 2023 |
Samuel Adams (section Stamp Act) Parliament passed the Stamp Act which required colonists to pay a new tax on most printed materials. News of the passage of the Stamp Act produced an uproar... 96 KB (12,426 words) - 01:07, 13 April 2024 |
Loyal Nine (section Stamp Act protests) American patriots from Boston who met in secret to plan protests against the Stamp Act of 1765. Mostly middle-class businessmen, the Loyal Nine enlisted Ebenezer... 10 KB (1,010 words) - 05:29, 21 June 2023 |
Townshend Acts (redirect from Townshend Revenue Act) debated following the Sugar Act, became a major point of contention after Parliament's passage of the Stamp Act 1765. The Stamp Act proved to be wildly unpopular... 57 KB (6,158 words) - 21:21, 20 March 2024 |
a physical stamp. Stamp duty was first introduced in England on 28 June 1694, during the reign of William III and Mary II, under "An act for granting... 31 KB (3,486 words) - 22:12, 25 April 2024 |
Liberty Tree (section Stamp Act protests) Coffin Jr. or by Job Williams. In 1765, the British government imposed a Stamp Act on the American colonies. It required all legal documents, permits, commercial... 19 KB (2,074 words) - 11:09, 15 February 2024 |
The Indian Stamp Act of 1899 (2 of 1899), is an in-force Act of the Government of India for the charging of stamp duty on instruments recording transactions... 2 KB (103 words) - 16:53, 22 April 2024 |
Ebenezer Mackintosh (section The Stamp Act protests) He is known for his role as a leader in Boston riots protesting the Stamp Act. Ebenezer Mackintosh was born on June 20, 1737, in Boston to impoverished... 15 KB (2,033 words) - 13:58, 22 July 2023 |
Timothy Ruggles (section Stamp Act) colonial military leader, jurist, and politician. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 and later a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary... 11 KB (889 words) - 05:32, 15 March 2024 |
Patrick Henry (section Stamp Act (1764–1765)) where he quickly became notable for his inflammatory rhetoric against the Stamp Act of 1765. In 1774, Henry served as a delegate to the First Continental... 100 KB (13,806 words) - 04:32, 22 April 2024 |
British parliament, any taxes it imposed on the colonists (such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts) were unconstitutional and were a denial of the... 77 KB (9,374 words) - 14:11, 9 April 2024 |
Boston Tea Party (section Tea Act of 1773) Colonial protests resulted in the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766, but in the 1766 Declaratory Act, Parliament continued to insist that it had the right... 49 KB (6,082 words) - 00:30, 11 April 2024 |
Americans when they were not represented in parliament. The Stamp Act of 1765 was the fourth Stamp Act to be passed by the Parliament of Great Britain and required... 55 KB (7,265 words) - 15:21, 16 November 2023 |
Stamped paper is an often-foolscap piece of paper which bears an imprinted revenue stamp. Stamped papers are not a form of postal stationery as although... 7 KB (682 words) - 07:16, 22 April 2024 |
Province of New York (section Stamp Act) advantage. Parliament passed the Stamp Act 1765 to raise money from the colonies. New York had previously passed its own stamp act from 1756 to 1760 to raise... 65 KB (8,437 words) - 04:01, 26 April 2024 |
John Adams (section Opponent of Stamp Act) himself. Adams rose to prominence leading widespread opposition to the Stamp Act. The Act was imposed by the British Parliament without consulting the American... 167 KB (20,125 words) - 03:06, 28 April 2024 |