Record #:

16059

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Lack of currency in the colony promoted a system of bartering amongst the colonists. By the mid-1700s, exasperated colonist rebelled against the oppressive English Stamp Act. Further taxation led to both organized and disorganized riots by the state's early citizens.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 9 Issue 4, May 1971, p6-11, il

Subject(s):

Stamp Act, 1765