Nathaniel Ryder: The Great Debate in the Committee of the Whole House of Commons on the Stamp Act, 1766
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Nathaniel Ryder:The Great Debate in the Committee of theWhole House of Commons on theStamp Act, 1766
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In the spring of 1765, elected leadership in Parliament changed from the Grenville Ministry to the Rockingham Ministry. By the summer of 1765, reports of the American colonies’ resistance to the Stamp Act flooded into England. By the time Parliament met for special session in December 1765, the gravity of the situation in the American colonies was dire

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