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The Stamp Act: A Constitutional Crisis

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:June 29, 2018
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

The Stamp Act was a major source of tension between the British and the colonists in the years leading the start of the War of Independence. The act was part of a broader constitutional crisis between the colonies and England. Echoes of that crisis have reverberated all the way through America’s history until today. The…

The Struggle for American Independence: The Sugar Act and Mounting Tension

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:May 11, 2018
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

While sometimes the Stamp Act is the first source of conflict visited in traditional histories, it is clear that the Sugar Act played an important role in fomenting patriot attitudes toward taxation by Parliament.