"Stamp tax" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... could be made to soften their hostility had been in vain; their obstinacy was inflexible; and the more England had given in to their wishes, the more insolent and overbearing had their demands become. The stamp tax had been repealed, but their ill will had grown rather than abated. The taxations on imports had been entirely taken off save on one small item; but, rather than pay this, they had accumulated arms ...
— True to the Old Flag - A Tale of the American War of Independence • G. A. Henty |
