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Stamp Act
Stamp Act (1765) A British taxation measure, introduced by George
GRENVILLE to cover part of the cost of defending the North American colonies. It required that all colonial legal documents, newspapers, and other items should bear a revenue stamp, as in England. Seen by the
SONS OF LIBERTY and many other Americans as a first attempt at “taxation without representation”, it was met with widespread resistance. In October 1765, nine colonial delegations met at the Stamp Act Congress in New York and petitioned for repeal. American boycotts of British goods and civil disobedience induced
ROCKINGHAM to accede in 1766, though the Declaratory Act reasserted parliamentary power over the colonies. It helped initiate the campaign for American independence.
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Stamps.com Upgrades Affiliate Program to Offer 'The Greatest Rewards on the Net'.
PR Newswire; 5/8/2000; 700+ words
; ...tracking and pricing tools. Stamps.com has strategic partnerships...Intuit and 3M. Visit www.stamps.com for more information...Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain...Commission made from time to time by Stamps.com, including its annual...
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STAMPS.COM CREATES INTERNATIONAL SUBSIDIARY.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/24/2000; 700+ words
; ...the Internet to consumers. Stamps.com International extends...foreign markets. Visit www.stamps.com for more information...Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain...Commission made from time to time by Stamps.com, including its annual...
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Stamps.com Creates International Subsidiary.
PR Newswire; 5/24/2000; 700+ words
; ...the Internet to consumers. Stamps.com International extends...foreign markets. Visit www.stamps.com for more information...Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain...Commission made from time to time by Stamps.com, including its annual...
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Stamps.com Asserts Breach of Contract Claim Against PayPal and eBay.
PR Newswire; 6/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...County. About Stamps.com Stamps.com is a leading provider...Internet-based postage services. Stamps.com enables customers to print...Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain...Commission made from time to time by Stamps.com, including its Annual...
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Stamps.com Connects New Microsoft Office System Users to Enhanced e-Postage Service; Stamps.com Offers Free Service During Beta Period to Microsoft Office Beta 2 Testers.
PR Newswire; 3/19/2003; 700+ words
; ...registration. About Stamps.com Stamps.com is a leading provider...Internet-based postage services. Stamps.com enables customers to print...Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain...Commission made from time to time by Stamps.com, including its Annual...
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Stamp of approval
Magazine article from: Boys' Life; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...passed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act to raise money for the National...Refuge System. The Federal Duck Stamp was created under this act...waterfowl hunters must buy a duck stamp along with their hunting license...wildlife conservationists also buy stamps to help waterfowl. ...
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Stamps of disapproval? (controversy over commemorative stamps)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 2/2/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...it was going to be a rubber stamp. What a surprise when we found...were getting turned down." Stamp enthusiasts increasingly are...since the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, and commemorative stamps are a significant revenue generator...considered annually by the Citizens' Stamp Advisory ...
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Stamps.com to Present at B. Riley & Co. San Francisco Investor Conference.
PR Newswire; 10/26/2004; 700+ words
; ...stamps.com. About Stamps.com Stamps.com is a leading provider...Internet-based postage services. Stamps.com enables customers to print...Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain...Commission made from time to time by Stamps.com, including its Annual...
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Stamps.com First Quarter 2008 Financial Results Call Invitation.
PR Newswire; 4/7/2008; 700+ words
; ...photostamps.com/) is a patented Stamps.com product that couples the...been shipped to customers. Stamps.com currently has PhotoStamps...Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release includes...Commission made from time to time by STAMPS.COM, including its Annual...
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Stamps.com Delivers New Shipping Tool in Time for the Holidays.
PR Newswire; 12/3/2002; 700+ words
; ...services. About Stamps.com Stamps.com is a leading provider...Internet-based postage services. Stamps.com enables customers to print...Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain...Commission made from time to time by Stamps.com, including its Annual...
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stamp
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...watch. 3. affix a postage stamp or stamps onto (a letter or package...certification: passports with visa stamps | fig. the emperor gave them his stamp of approval. ∎...first-class stamp. 3. an act or sound of stamping with...
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Stamp Act
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
STAMP ACT The Stamp Act was the English act of 1765 requiring that revenue stamps be affixed to all official...George Grenville, passed the Stamp Act, the first direct tax...British authority. Though the act was repealed the following...regulation of trade. The ...
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Food Stamp Program
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...and the Food Stamp Act, enacted 31 August 1964...predecessor, the second food stamp program served farmers...Participants purchased stamps at prices and at an allotment...the public toward food stamps coalesced in the bipartisan Welfare Reform Act of 1996. The legislation cut ...
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Food Stamp Act of 1964
Book article from: Major Acts of Congress
...because the food stamps worked as a cash...program. The Food Stamp Act, however, was not...however, the Food Stamp Act faced major criticisms...purchase their food stamps, and this purchase...workers. The Food Stamp Act of 1977 eliminated...
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Stamp Act (1765)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
STAMP ACT (1765) The Stamp Act...colonists objected to the Stamp Act in part because it...very scarce. The tax on stamps was payable only in hard...opposition to the Stamp Act was even more conspicuous...faction was behind the Stamp Act, and they were ...
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