Today's lesson in American History: How did the Stamp Act light the fire of the American Revolution? To reduce debt suffered from the Seven Years' War, Britain levies several new taxes on American colonists. Unrest grows as colonists fear that giving into these new taxes will open the floodgates to even harsher taxes. Whipped up by pamphleteers and influential figures like Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry, mobs of American colonists take to the streets to intimidate tax collectors and troops. The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, is once again streaming FOR FREE on the PBS app. #pbs #learnontiktok #americanrevolutionarywar #americanrevolution #history