Beginning in the 1760s, soon after he had finished his legal ... To help pay for these military operations, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765, attempting to tax colonists ...

The Society of West India Planters and Merchants formed in the 1760s. This group increased their representation in Parliament to affect legislation on sugar duties and protect their interests.

Britain was a parliamentary monarchy what that meant was that it was parliament that passed the ... the Lunar Society was set up in the 1760s, so named because its members met at the full moon ...