Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Stamp Act 1712 (cited either as 10 Ann. c. 18 or as 10 Ann. c. 19 [1]) was an act passed in the Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 August 1712 to create a new tax on publishers, particularly of newspapers. [2][3][4] Newspapers were subjected to tax and price increased. The stamp tax was a tax on each newspaper and thus hit cheaper papers and ...
Taxes on knowledge was a slogan defining an extended British campaign against duties and taxes on newspapers, their advertising content, and the paper they were printed on. The paper tax was early identified as an issue: "A tax upon Paper, is a tax upon Knowledge" is a saying attributed to Alexander Adam (1741–1809), a Scottish headmaster.
The history of British newspapers begins in the 17th century with the emergence of regular publications covering news and gossip. The relaxation of government censorship in the late 17th century led to a rise in publications, which in turn led to an increase in regulation throughout the 18th century. [1] The Times began publication in 1785 and ...
Key objects in the collection include: The financial scandal of the 1720s, the South Sea bubble, with reports in the Weekly Journal or Saturday’s Post of how Parliament decided that if they left the country, the directors of the South Sea company "shall suffer death as a felon without benefit of clergy and forfeit to the King all his Lands, Goods and Chattels whatsoever."
The Stamp Act 1712 was an act passed in the United Kingdom on March 22nd 1765 to create a new tax on publishers, particularly of newspapers. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The initial assessed rate of tax was one penny per whole newspaper sheet, a halfpenny for a half sheet, and one shilling per advertisement contained within. [ 9 ]
The Spectator (1711) The Spectator. (1711) The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712. Each "paper", or "number", was approximately 2,500 words long, and the original run consisted of 555 numbers, beginning on 1 March 1711. [1] These were collected into seven volumes.
In October the text of the Revenue Act was widely printed in newspapers, often with critical commentary, [140] because like the Stamp Act, the new tax directly threatened the businesses and livelihoods of printers who relied on paper for printing, and lead for the founding of printing type. [141]
American Press Co. Alice Lee Grosjean, Supervisor of Public Accounts for the State of Louisiana v. American Press Co., et al. Am. Press Co. v. Grosjean, 10 F. Supp. 161 ( E.D. La. 1935); probable jurisdiction noted, 56 S. Ct. 129 (1935). The Louisiana tax was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment.