No Taxation Without Representation - Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor

Parliament decided for the first time to tax the colonists directly. One such tax, the 1765 Stamp Act required all printed documents used or created in the colonies to bear an embossed revenue stamp. Colonial assemblies denounced the law, claiming the tax was illegal on the grounds that they had no representation in Parliament.

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Magna Carta in Culture - Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor

America's Magna Carta

The Stamp Act Congress: The Road to Independence, Part 7 The Stamp Act Congress was held in October 1765 in New York to coordinate colonial resistance to the unpopular Stamp Act

Magna Carta in Culture - Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor

Under Magna Carta the King cannot impose taxes without the approval of the “common counsel” of the kingdom (1215)

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The 16th Amendment: Legalizing Income Tax

No Taxation Without Representation - Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor

Co-published by the Library of Congress and Thomson Reuters, Magna Carta: Muse & Mentor is an illustrated collection of essays by renowned legal

Magna Carta: Muse & Mentor

Magna Carta to Glorious Revolution

No Taxation Without Representation - Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor