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  • Sparking the Revolution

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    Depiction of Bostonians Reading the Stamp Act of 1765. Courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Image Gallery.

    While one could find numerous causes of the American Revolution, perhaps none was a more proximate cause than the Stamp Act of 1765. The Stamp Act was the English Parliament’s taxation on every American’s use of paper, and this was perhaps the greatest manifestation of the idea of virtual representation.

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