This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. ~~William Shakespeare, Richard III



Monday, March 22, 2010

This Day in History...

Hmm...seemed appropriate that something that screwed America hundreds of years ago would be on THIS date...

March 22, 1765 - Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which introduced a tax to be levied directly on the American colonies. This tax required a government stamp on all purchased paper products to show that the purchaser had paid tax on it.
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