DDH - The Stamp Act Revival

Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast · Nov 1, 2022 · 35m

One November 1, 1765, the Stamp Act, passed by Parliament and given assent by King George III, took effect in Colonial America. For most Americans of that day, it was an intolerable action that violated the basic principle of "No taxation without representation."

In Britain, the tax was seen as being implemented in the "easiest and least objectionable way," which was, of course, a big part of the problem. It seemed that Parliament had more or less forgotten why there were colonies in America to begin with. It wasn't because British loved anglophiles had braved the stormy Atlantic ocean to…