num_pages: 342
description: The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. The Stamp Act Crisis, originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.
language: English
title: The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution
titlecomplete: The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution
characters: George Grenville, James Otis, Martin Howard, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Daniel Dulany the Younger, Jared Ingersoll Sr., Thomas Hutchinson
genres: American Revolution, History, American History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 143
publisher: Omohundro Institute and UNC Press