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A Colonial Family Faces Stamp Act Turmoil in Boston
Max Zimmerman, a seventh grade student, writes of a poor Boston family fearing taxation without representation under the 1765 Stamp Act. He details protests, tar and feathering, a printer father, a disrupted sister’s wedding, and a march toward war as Brit ish rule tightens its grip before repeal and quartering demands.
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National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mount Carmel
Wabash County
NSCAR
Max Zimmerman
St. Mary’s School
Mark
Susan Zimmerman
Boston
Mary
George
Lucy
Henry
George III
Virginia
Andrew
Mother
Father