SCOUT· 66%1h 29m·2026-02-13·HistoryHistory of the United States in 100 Objects -- 25: "Wilkes And Liberty" Cufflink Jewel, 1760s
The riots, protests, and boycotts that broke out in North America in the wake of the Stamp Act were only one part of the mass crisis that beset Great Britain in the 1760s, as the discontented poor and middle classes rallied behind the ideals of liberty and freedom of speech, and around “radical Whig” politicians who…
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