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Timeline

Y/M/D		Association	Description	Place	Locale	Food	Event
1694/06/28			During the reign of William and Mary, the first Stamp duty is established in England. "An act for granting to their Majesties several duties upon vellum, parchment and paper, for four years, towards carrying on the war against France"
1765/03/22	Parliament of Great Britain	English Government	British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, imposing a levy on all paper documents in the colonies. It is the first tax levied directly on American colonists by Parliament.	Medieval Palace of Westminster	Palace of Westminster		Stamp Act Congress
1765/03/22	Parliament of Great Britain	English Government	British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, imposing a levy on all paper documents in the colonies. It is the first tax levied directly on American colonists by Parliament.	Medieval Palace of Westminster	Palace of Westminster		American Revolution - From Protest to Revolt
1765/03/22	Parliament of Great Britain	English Government	British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, imposing a levy on all paper documents in the colonies. It is the first tax levied directly on American colonists by Parliament.	Medieval Palace of Westminster	Palace of Westminster		Declaration of the Westmoreland Resolves
1765/05/29	Patrick Henry	Patriot	Patrick Henry makes a speech before the Virginia House of Burgesses in favor of the Virginia Resolves: "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles I his Cromwell, and George III may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it."	Colonial Williamsburg	Williamsburg
1765/05/30			House of Burgesses passes the Virginia Resolves, 4 resolutions denouncing the Stamp Act since, according to British law, people are subject to taxation only by a parliament to which themselves have elected representatives.	Colonial Williamsburg	Williamsburg
1766/02/21	Parliament of Great Britain	English Government	A resolution to repeal the Stamp Act is introduced to English Parlement and passes by a vote of 276-168.
1766/03/18	George III of England	King of the United Kingdom	George III give his Royal Assent to An ACT to REPEAL an Act granting and applying certain Stamp-Duties and other Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, towards defraying the Expenses of defending, protecting and securing the same.
1766/05/16	John Hancock	Ship Owner	Brig Harrison arrives in Boston, belonging to John Hancock, Esq. Captain Shaubael Coffin in 6 Weeks and 2 Days from LONDON, with important News: His Majesty gives his Royal Assent to An ACT to REPEAL the Stamp Act.	Long Wharf and Customhouse Block	Boston
1766/06/15	John Adams	Life	I spent the evening with the Sons of Liberty.... We had punch, wine, pipes and tobacco, biscuit and cheese, etc they chose a committee to make preparation for a grand rejoicing upon the arrival of the news of the repeal of the Stamp Act. - Adams diary			Old English Punch	American Revolution - From Protest to Revolt
1907/05/30			The Jamestown Exposition's Patrick Henry Day celebrates the Virginia House of Burgesses's passing, on 30 May 1765, Henry's resolutions against the Stamp Act. President Tucker reads the original Stamp Act Resolutions.	Jamestown Exposition Site Buildings	Norfolk		Jamestown Exposition