Today is a big day, y'all.  Why, you ask?  Because today in 1765, the Stamp Act was passed!

Obviously not from colonial times

If you didn't happen to be cool enough to collect stamps (like some of us), and are thinking, "What?! Stamps.  LAME!", well, my friend, lame could not be farther from the truth!  So you probably know that taxation played a big role in starting the American Revolution.  Let's explore a little more, shall we?
So following the Seven Years War/French...