The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)
by Edmund S. Morgan, Helen M. Morgan
A detailed account of the 1765 Stamp Act and the colonial protests that marked the first major step toward American independence.
About This Book
The Stamp Act Crisis examines the British Parliament's 1765 tax on the American colonies and the widespread opposition it provoked.
Edmund S. Morgan and Helen M. Morgan analyze how colonial protests transformed into organized resistance against British authority.
The book situates the Stamp Act within the broader political and economic tensions between Britain and its North American colonies.
It draws on contemporary documents to illustrate the arguments and strategies employed by colonial leaders and British officials alike.
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