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| | The Stamp Act |
 | | Grenville proposed the stamp duties in the spring of 1764, a year before the act was to be passed. |
 | | The stamps, ranging in value from a few pence to several pounds, were to be placed on newspapers, marriage licenses, deeds, shipping bills, and many kinds of legal papers -- fifty-four kinds of documents in all. |
 | | As the first installments of stamps began to arrive and the names of the distributors were made known, the rioting increased and reached its culmination in Boston, where the usual meeting place, Faneuil Hall, became known as the Cradle of Liberty. |
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