1765
Stamp Act date
1765 is a year in the eighteenth century, notable in American history as the year Britain passed the Stamp Act, sparking colonial resistance that would lead to the American Revolution.
Like other years, 1765 functions as a noun marking a point in time: The crisis began in 1765.
1765 colonial document tax
- Sons of LibertyRevolutionary-era resistance movement
- taxation without representationFees imposed without elected consent
- liberty treeSymbolic tree of resistance
- boycottOrganized economic protest
Patrick Henry · Samuel Adams · tar and feather · repeal · Sugar Act · George III · British Parliament · patriots
Extending dominion over others
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- plantationsLarge-scale farming operations
- slaveryOwnership of people
- exploitationSelfish use of others
territories · colonies · settlers · indigenous · extraction · governance · protectorate · missionaries
Excessively elaborate in style
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
symphony · grand tour · salon · patronage · Haydn · Mozart · chinoiserie · portraiture
Basis or justification
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- VoltaireFrench Enlightenment satirist
Rousseau · Diderot · encyclopedia · Montesquieu · natural rights · social contract · tolerance · progress
Stamp Act
1765 colonial document tax
- Sons of LibertyRevolutionary-era resistance movement
- taxation without representationFees imposed without elected consent
- liberty treeSymbolic tree of resistance
Patrick Henry · boycott · Samuel Adams · tar and feather · repeal · Sugar Act · George III · British Parliament · patriots · Boston
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- plantationsLarge-scale farming operations
- slaveryOwnership of people
exploitation · territories · colonies · settlers · indigenous · extraction · governance · protectorate · missionaries · subjugation
rococo
Excessively elaborate in style
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
sonata · symphony · grand tour · salon · patronage · Haydn · Mozart · chinoiserie · portraiture · satire
reason
Basis or justification
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
Voltaire · Rousseau · Diderot · encyclopedia · Montesquieu · natural rights · social contract · tolerance · progress · science
17651783
Year the war ended
1789 · 1865 · 1947 · 1960 · post-independence
17651900
Start of 1900s
1950 · 2000 · digital age · industrial revolution · machine age