the Stamp Act on the American Revolution The Stamp Act was essentially a tax on all printed materials and commercial documents. This also included newspapers‚ pamphlets‚ bills‚ legal documents‚ licenses‚ almanacs‚ dice‚ and playing cards. These materials had to carry a special stamp which needed to be purchased. This tax‚ along with the Boston Port Act‚ Massachusetts Government Act‚ Administration of Justice Act‚ Quartering Act‚ and the Quebec Act‚ made up the Intolerable Acts. The Stamp Act
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Samuel Adams: An American View of the Stamp Act Samuel Adams writes a letter to his English friend‚ John Smith‚ defending the American’s side of the new imperial taxation and control. He describes the colonists thinking of the act as “both burdensome and unconstitutional.” They feel as if they are not represented as they should be and that their rights as Englishmen are being taken away from them. He goes on to say that Parliament cannot tax them consistent with the constitution because they
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do besides our daily chores. Hobbies are thus of many different kinds‚ each person having a hobby that caters to his/her likes‚ talents and innate desires. This is why there are many kinds of hobbies like reading‚ playing‚ socialising‚ gardening‚ stamp collection‚ and the list goes on. No one has all these hobbies but we all have one or the other of these which we enjoy doing in our free time. For every individual it is very necessary to develop some hobby so that at free or lonely times‚ he can
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or attending a musical performance are not hobbies. Stamp collecting‚ coin collecting‚ gardening‚ painting and photography are a few hobbies. These are superior kind of recreation‚ for they provide intellectual enjoyment. A happy feature about a hobby is that it lacks seriousness—for‚ a hobby pursued in a serious spirit‚ becomes a task. Let us take up stamp-collecting. Several resort to it as a hobby. We carefully remove the stamps from letters that have been addressed to us or to our friends
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Hobby is a regular activity‚ interest and enthusiasm that is undertaken for pleasure‚ typically done during one’s leisure time. Some examples of hobbies include‚ collecting‚ creative‚ and artistic pursuits like making‚ tinkering‚ sports‚ and also adult education. EXAMPLES OF HOBBIES 1. Collecting hobbies -Photography -Collecting stamps 2. Games Hobbies -Video games -Card games -Board games 3. Sports & Healthy hobbies -Fishing -Soccer -Basket 2ball -Badminton 4. Performing
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Memory Box At one point in my life I was in the business of collecting. If it meant anything at all to me I found a way to add to my endless pile of other items I had accrued over the years. Each item marked a specific period of my life. I have had fascinations with everything from magic to stamp collecting and my basement is evidence of this. I have accumulated so much “stuff” over the years that at first it seems difficult to narrow the important things down to just 4 or 5. However‚ there
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that I have put up on the webpages have used ‘Times’ and ‘Georgia’ font to show the formality which backs up the look the stamp collection book possesses. I used both serif and sans serif font in order to help the eye to stay on the line while reading‚ and thus making reading faster and more effortless. Every piece of information is backed with an image of type of postage stamp basically drawing consumer’s attention towards the context of the information being presented on the website. I have tried
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a person is most interested. A hobby to one may be a profession to other. It always serves as a source of recreation. There are numerous hobbies. Some are fond of singing. Others like to draw pictures. Some collect stamps and old coins while others take interest in collecting poetry pieces or purchasing old books. The young are fond of playing outdoor games and visiting pictures. The old take delight in walking and gossiping. In short‚ there are as many hobbies as there are persons. My hobby
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Exotic Hobbies around the World The dictionary definition of hobbies is an activity or interest pursued for delectation or felicity and not as a main vocation. On par with this theory‚ many would delegate many evanescent pursuits such as eating‚ talking or joking as one. On contrary to normal beliefs‚ people earn money doing their hobbies‚ which in other words means that somebody managed to turn a hobby into a job. Did you know that there are so many millionaires in this world‚ who would never have
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Repeal the Stamp Act Americans‚ under the control of the British‚ were faced with undeserved mistreatment. One example out of many came in March of 1765 when Parliament imposed the Stamp Act on the Northern American colonies. This act placed a tax on all printed paper the colonies used in order to help pay the British debt from war. This act built tension between the colonies and Britain because it was the first instance of taxation without representation. When the chance to repeal the Stamp Act was
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