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18h 14min, mar 22, 1765 y - Stamp Act

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"Seeking to defray some of the costs of garrisoning the colonies, Parliament required all legal documents, newspapers and pamphlets required to use watermarked, or 'stamped' paper on which a levy was placed."- The British Library

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18h 14min, mar 22, 1765 y
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~ 261 years ago