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Parliament - An Act Repealing the Stamp Act; March 18, 1766

Passed on March 22, 1765, the Stamp Act, which required all paper goods to be taxed, caused an uproar in the American Colonies. Many colonists...

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Resolves of the Pennsylvania Assembly on the Stamp Act, September 21, 1765

The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed printed materials to generate revenue to pay for the British soldiers stationed in the American colonies after the French...

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The Massachusetts Government Act; May 20, 1774

After the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament issued a series of acts known as the Intolerable Acts, or the Coercive Acts, to punish...

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The Currency Act of 1764

To protect British merchants and creditors from depreciated colonial currency, this act regulated currency, abolishing the colonies' paper currency in...

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Circular Letter of the Boston Committee of Correspondence

The Boston Committee of Correspondence wrote this letter to inform residents of other colonies of the punishment being inflicted on Boston by the...

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Dedication Speech for the Unveiling of the Memorial Arch in Valley Forge Park

Governor Martin C. Brumbaugh formally accepts, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the care and keeping of the Memorial Arch at Valley...

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Presentation of the Memorial Arch to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Honorable Champ Clark, 36th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, presents the Memorial Arch to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at Valley...

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Speech Excerpt from the Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for the Yorktown Monument

Excerpt from the address of Robert C. Winthrop during the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Yorktown Monument on October 19, 1881. ORATION. MR...

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Speech Excerpts from the Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for the Saratoga Monument

Two excerpts from speeches delivered by Horatio Seymour and George William Curtis during the ceremony that laid the first cornerstone of the Saratoga...

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Dedication Speech for the Unveiling of the Bunker Hill Monument

Oration delivered by Daniel Webster to dedicate the Bunker Hill Monument on June 17, 1843. This uncounted multitude before me and around me proves the...

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Stamp Act of 1765

Created by the British government, this placed a tax on stamps that would be used on most paper goods including legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets...